Sanan Suleymanov Explained

Sanan Suleymanov
Native Name:Sənan Əmrah oğlu Süleymanov
Native Name Lang:as
Birth Date:15 December 1996
Birth Place:Dmanisi, Georgia
Country:Azerbaijan
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:77 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Sanan Suleymanov (born 15 December 1996) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1] [2] In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[3] [4] [5]

Career

Suleymanov competed in the 66kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia without winning a medal.[6] He won his first match against Parviz Nasibov of Ukraine but he was eliminated from the competition by Atakan Yüksel of Turkey.[6]

In 2019, Suleymanov competed in the 72kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal. At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won the silver medal in the 72kg event.[7] [8] In the final, he lost against Mohammad Reza Geraei of Iran. In 2020, Suleymanov competed in the men's 77kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9]

In March 2021, Suleymanov competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] In April 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[11] [12]

In 2022, Suleymanov won the silver medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13] He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[14] [15] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[16]

Suleymanov competed in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where he was eliminated in his first match.[17]

He qualified to represent Azerbijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[18]

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2020European ChampionshipsRome, Italy1stGreco-Roman 77kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland3rdGreco-Roman 77kg
World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway2ndGreco-Roman 77kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdGreco-Roman 77kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndGreco-Roman 77kg
2023World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2ndGreco-Roman 77kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Burke. Patrick. 8 October 2021. Rafig Huseynov among winners of first Greco-Roman finals at UWW World Championships in Oslo. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 October 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  3. News: Houston. Michael. Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships. 11 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 11 February 2020.
  4. News: Kerimkhanov. Abdul. Azerbaijan wins 2020 European Wrestling Championship's gold. 12 February 2020. Azernews. 13 February 2020.
  5. Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  6. Web site: 2017 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. 15 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf. 15 December 2020.
  7. News: Etchells. Daniel. 3 November 2019. Iran add third Greco-Roman gold medal to tally on last day of UWW Under-23 World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 May 2020.
  8. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf. 28 December 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  11. News: Shefferd. Neil. 24 April 2021. Russia claim two golds in men's Greco-Roman finals at European Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 24 April 2021.
  12. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. United World Wrestling.
  13. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling .
  14. News: Pavitt . Michael . 2 April 2022 . Kayaalp continues Greco-Roman domination at European Wrestling Championships . . 2 April 2022.
  15. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  16. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  17. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  18. Web site: SULEYMANOV Sanan . Olympics.com.