Hidayet Heydarov

Hidayat Heydarov

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Personal information
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Died	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). (aged )
Occupation	Judoka
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Website
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–73 kg
Achievements and titles
World finals	(2018, 2019, 2022)
Regional finals	(2017, 2022)
Medal record Men's judo Representing Azerbaijan World Championships 2018 Baku –73 kg 2019 Tokyo –73 kg 2022 Tashkent –73 kg European Games 2019 Minsk –73 kg European Championships 2017 Warsaw –73 kg 2022 Sofia –73 kg 2018 Tel Aviv –73 kg World Masters 2017 Saint Petersburg –73 kg IJF Grand Slam 2019 Baku –73 kg 2022 Tel Aviv –73 kg 2022 Budapest –73 kg 2022 Baku –73 kg 2017 Paris –73 kg 2021 Paris –73 kg 2021 Baku –73 kg IJF Grand Prix 2019 Hohhot –73 kg 2021 Zagreb –73 kg 2017 Antalya –73 kg 2018 Antalya –73 kg European U23 Championships 2016 Tel Aviv –73 kg 2015 Bratislava –73 kg World Juniors Championships 2017 Zagreb –73 kg 2015 Abu Dhabi –66 kg European Junior Championships 2016 Málaga –73 kg 2017 Maribor –73 kg European Cadet Championships 2013 Tallinn –60 kg 2014 Athens –66 kg Summer Universiade 2019 Naples –73 kg 2019 Naples Men's team Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku –73 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 5 November 2022.

Hidayet Heydarov (Azerbaijani: Hidayət Heydərov, born 27 July 1997) is an Azerbaijani judoka who won a gold medal at the 2017 European Judo Championships. He defeated his teammate Rustam Orujov at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games final.

Biography

Hidayat Heydarov was born on July 27, 1997 in the city of Karaganda, Kazakh SSR. The Heydarov family hails from the village of Alxasava Goychay region. When Khidayat was 3 years old, the family moved to Baku. At the age of 6, Heydarov's father enrolled him in the judo section of the Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserves No. 13, located near the Neftchilar metro station. His first coach was Tarlan Hasanov, who is still him today.

In 2012 he won a bronze medal at the Azerbaijan Youth Championship. In 2013 and 2014 became the European champion among youths in weight up to 60 and 66 kg, respectively. In 2013 he won the national championship.

In 2014 he entered the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports

In 2015 in Abu Dhabi he became the world champion among juniors, and a year later in Malaga he became the European champion among juniors, and in Orenburg he won the European Cup. In 2017 he took bronze at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. And in the same year he became the European champion in judo in the weight category up to 73 kg, having beaten Musa Mogushkov from Russia in the final. Thus, Heydarov became the only judoka who won all four European titles, and the European Judo Union named him the best young judoka in Europe.

At the 2017 World Championship, which was his debut, Heydarov managed to reach the semifinals, where, losing to the Japanese Soichi Hashimoto, he began to fight for bronze. Heydarov also lost this fight with Odbayar Gandbaatar from Mongolia and took 5th place. In October 2017, he became the winner of the World Youth Championship (U-21) in Zagreb, where he defeated Bilal Ciloglu from Turkey in the final. In December, Heydarov took part in the World Masters tournament in St. Petersburg, where he won a bronze medal, defeating Odbayar Gandbaatar from Mongolia in the decisive fight, to whom he lost a few months earlier at the World Championship. This was the first World Masters medal in the career of a young judoka. In 2018 he won a silver medal at the European Championship and a bronze medal at his home world championship. At the 2019 European Games, he took a bronze medal, defeating European champion Ferdinand Karapetyan from Armenia, to whom he lost at last year's European Championship, and 2012 Olympic champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili from Georgia in repechage matches. In addition, Heydarov was also awarded a bronze medal of the European Championship, since this is the status that judo competitions at the European Games in Minsk had. At the 2019 pre-Olympic World Championships, which was held in Tokyo, he won a bronze medal, defeating an opponent from Tajikistan Behruz Khojazoda in a duel for third place.

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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