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Azerbaijan at full force at Europeans in Lisbon
15 Apr 2021 09:30
IJF Emanuele Di Feliciantonio / International Judo Federation
Azerbaijan presents its team for the European Championships in Lisbon with nine athletes, eight man and Iryna Kindzerska is the only woman to fight in Portugal this week at the last day on Sunday. Only Rustam Orujov can t compete due to his COVID-19 infection. Orujov ws European champion in 2016, the year in which he took silver at the Rio Olympics. Azerbaijan counts 10 European titles in history, all by the men.
The Azeri team should be able to take a few medals in the men’s category. Last year in Prague the team caught 5 medals including the European title by Orkhan Safarov U66kg. Safarov and Nijat Shikhalizada are in a big fight for Olympic qualification. Also the U100kg category is interesting with both Antalya winner Ze
Azerbaijani judoka Davud Mammadsoy (60kg) has qualified for the final of Tel Aviv Grand Slam 2021.
Mammadsoy defeated German Moritz Plafky, Indian Vijay Kumar, Kazakh Gusman Kyrgyzbayev and Russian Ramazan Abdullayev.
Notably, Tel Aviv Grand Slam 2021 brings together more than 400 fighters from 60 countries.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) selected Tel Aviv to host one of its iconic Grand Slam tournaments in February 2021.
Israel has hosted the IJF s marquee Grand Prix tournament in Tel Aviv for the past two years. In 2018, Israel also hosted the European Judo Championships.
Founded in 1972, the Azerbaijan Judo Federation actively promotes this martial art across the country. Since 2015, the Federation has been headed by Rovnag Abdullayev.