Azerbaijan at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAZE
NPCNational Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
Websitewww.paralympic.az
in Tokyo
Competitors36 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
14
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

The team won 14 gold medals and 19 medals overall, beating their previous best of 4 golds and 12 medals in London 2012 and overall medal of 9 gold.

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Shahana Hajiyeva Judo Women's 48 kg 27 August
 Gold Raman Salei Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S12 27 August
 Gold Vugar Shirinli Judo Men's 60 kg 27 August
 Gold Sevda Valiyeva Judo Women's 57 kg 28 August
 Gold Khanim Huseynova Judo Women's 63 kg 28 August
 Gold Huseyn Rahimli Judo Men's 81 kg 28 August
 Gold Hamed Heidari Athletics Men's javelin throw F57 28 August
 Gold Elvin Astanov Athletics Men's shot put F53 29 August
 Gold Dursadaf Karimova Judo Women's +70 kg 29 August
 Gold Raman Salei Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S12 31 August
 Gold Vali Israfilov Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB12 1 September
 Gold Raman Salei Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S12 3 September
 Gold Lamiya Valiyeva Athletics Women's 400 metres T13 4 September
 Gold Orkhan Aslanov Athletics Men's long jump T13 4 September
 Silver Lamiya Valiyeva Athletics Women's 100 metres T13 31 August
 Bronze Parvin Mammadov Powerlifting Men's 49 kg 26 August
 Bronze Namig Abasli Judo Men's 66 kg 27 August
 Bronze Ilham Zakiyev Judo Men's +100 kg 27 August
 Bronze Said Najafzade Athletics Men's long jump T12 30 August

Competitors

# Sport Men Women Total Events
1 Athletics 9 3 12 16
2 Judo 6 5 11 11
3 Powerlifting 4 0 4 4
4 Shooting 1 1 2 5
5 Swimming 2 1 3 7
6 Taekwondo 2 2 4 4
Total 24 12 36 47

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

12 Azerbaijani athlete in 16 events such as Kamil Aliyev (Long Jump T12), Olokhan Musayev (Discus Throw F56) & Samir Nabiyev (Shot Put F57) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.[3][4]

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's Track
Elmir Jabrayilov 100m T13 DNF - Did not advance
400m T13 52.17 12 Did not advance
Men's Field
Kamil Aliyev Long jump T12 — 6.89 5
Orkhan Aslanov Long jump T13 — 7.36 AR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elvin Astanov Shot put F53 — 8.77 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Orkhan Gasimov Javelin throw F13 — 58.96 5
Hamed Heidari Javelin throw F57 — 51.42 WR, PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olokhan Musayev Shot put F55 — 11.89 5
Discus throw F56 — 37.92 7
Samir Nabiyev Shot put F57 — 13.12 7
Said Najafzade Long jump T12 — 7.03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's Track
Elena Chebanu 100m T13 12.16 3 Q 12.41 7
Iuliia Ianovskaia 100m T13 12.41 8 Q 12.30 4
400m T13 56.55 2 Q 57.18 5
Lamiya Valiyeva 100m T13 12.09 2 Q 11.99 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400m T13 55.71 2 Q 55.00 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Men
Vugar Shirinli −60 kg Bye  Çiftçi (TUR)
W 10s1–0s2 		 Bologa (ROU)
W 1s1–0 		Bye  Sariyev (KAZ)
W 10–1s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Namig Abasli −66 kg Bye  Ibáñez (ESP)
L 0s2–1 		Did not advance  Pérez (PUR)
W 10–0 		 Rudenko (RPC)
W 1s1–0 		 Khorava (UKR)
W 1s2–0s1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ramil Gasimov −73 kg  Daulet (KAZ)
L DNS 		Did not advance
Huseyn Rahimli −81 kg Bye  Powell (GBR)
W 11s1–0 		 Lee (KOR)
W 10–0s1 		Bye  Karomatov (UZB)
W 10–1s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kanan Abdullakhanli −100 kg  Khalilov (UZB)
L 0s1–10s2 		Did not advance
Ilham Zakiyev +100 kg  Hodgson (GBR)
W 1s2–0s1 		 Choi (KOR)
L 0s2–1s2 		Did not advance  Subba (JAM)
W 10–0s1 		 Sharipov (UZB)
W BYE 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Shahana Hajiyeva −48 kg Bye  Hangai (JPN)
W 10–0 		 Potapova (RPC)
W 10–0 		Bye  Martinet (FRA)
W 10s1–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Basti Safarova −52 kg Bye  Fujiwara (JPN)
L 0s3–10s2 		Did not advance  Nikolaychyk (UKR)
L 0–10 		Did not advance
Sevda Valiyeva −57 kg Bye  Fedossova (KAZ)
W 10–0 		 Çelik (TUR)
W 10s1–0 		Bye  Samandarova (UZB)
W 1–0s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Khanim Huseynova −63 kg Bye  Kudo (JPN)
W 10s1–0s1 		 Wang Yue (CHN)
W 1s1–0 		Bye  Husieva (UKR)
W 1–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dursadaf Karimova +70 kg —  Harnyk (UKR)
W 10–0 		 Emmerich (BRA)
W 11s2–1s1 		Bye  Baibatina (KAZ)
W 10s1–0s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Parvin Mammadov Men's −49 kg 156 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nurlan Babajanov Men's −97 kg 185 7
Elshan Huseynov Men's −107 kg NM
Shamo Aslanov Men's +107 kg NM

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Kamran Zeynalov successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.[5]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Yelena Taranova Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 538 16 Did not advance
Mixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH1 516 29 Did not advance
Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 503 29 Did not advance
Kamran Zeynalov Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1 543 23 Did not advance
Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 518 20 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three Azerbaijani swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the 2019 World Championship & MQS.[6][7]

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Men
Vali Israfilov 100m breaststroke SB12 — 1:04.86 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m butterfly S12 1:10.59 10 Did not advance
Raman Salei 50m freestyle S13 23.98 3 Q 23.85 4
100m freestyle S12 53.89 2 Q 52.69 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m backstroke S12 — 1:00:30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m butterfly S12 58.99 1 Q 57.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Dana Shandibina 100m breaststroke SB13 1:24.51 11 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan qualified four athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them confirmed to compete at the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[8]

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Men
Imamaddin Khalilov Men's –61 kg  Sidorov (RPC)
L 19–25 		Did not advance  Tanaka (JPN)
W 20–15 		 Kong (FRA)
L 26–29 		Did not advance 7
Abulfaz Abuzarli Men's –75 kg  Ganapin (PHI)
W WDQ 		 García (MEX)
L 5–38 		Did not advance  Shvets (UKR)
W 60–36 		 Joo (KOR)
L 32–46 		Did not advance 7
Women
Royala Fataliyeva Women's –49 kg  Phuangkitcha (THA)
L 4–17 		Did not advance  Tanwar (IND)
W WWD 		 Marchuk (UKR)
L 20–26 		Did not advance 7
Aynur Mammadova Women's +58 kg  Lypetska (UKR)
WD 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Para Athletics (Formerly IPC Athletics) News & Events". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Medallist by Weight Category - European Qualification Tournament" (PDF). World Taekwondo Europe. 9 May 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-10.
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