Mikail Jabbarov: Azerbaijani wrestling is capable of making its mark on the world's largest arenas

Azerbaijani wrestling is capable of making its mark on the world's largest arenas.

As reported by BAKU.WS, the president of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation, Mikail Jabbarov, wrote this on his page on the social network X.

He reminded that at the European Championship in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, our national team became the continental champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.

"Our wrestlers won 4 gold, 2 silver, and 7 bronze medals at these competitions. The team became the European champion in the freestyle wrestling team standings for the fifth time. Georgiy Meshvildishvili (125 kg) won gold, Osman Nurmagomedov (92 kg) - silver, Islam Bazarganov (57 kg), Ali Ragimzade (65 kg), Kyanan Geybatov (70 kg), and Aganazar Novruzov (74 kg) - bronze medals," Jabbarov noted.

A member of the women's wrestling team, Zhalya Alieva (57 kg), despite injuries, showed great dedication and became a bronze medalist at the European Championship, added the head of the federation.

"The Azerbaijan Greco-Roman wrestling team became European champion for the second time. Nihat Mamedli (60 kg), Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg), and Gurban Gurbanov (82 kg) won gold, Eldaniz Azizli (55 kg) - silver, Ulvi Ganizade (72 kg) and Islam Abbasov (87 kg) - bronze," Mikail Jabbarov further listed.

"The professionalism and strong will demonstrated by our athletes have once again shown that Azerbaijani wrestling is capable of making its mark on the world's largest arenas. We congratulate our wrestlers, their parents, coaches, and federation representatives," he concluded.

Slovakiyada keçirilən #Avropaçempionatı-nda həm sərbəst, həm də yunan-Roma güləşi üzrə milli komandamız Avropa çempionu oldu. Güləşçilərimiz bu yarışda 4 qızıl, 2 gümüş və 7 bürünc medal qazandılar.

Millimiz sərbəst #güləş üzrə 5-ci dəfə komanda hesabında Avropa çempionu oldu.… pic.twitter.com/UB6GP1VVlG

— Mikayil Jabbarov (@MikayilJabbarov) April 14, 2025