Rustam Orujov Judoka

Rustam Orujov

Country:Azerbaijan
Born:4 October 1991 (29 years)
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Rustam Orujov of Azerbaijan won Olympic silver in Rio and became World Championships silver medallist in 2017 in Budapest and 2019 in Tokyo. In 2016 he was European champion, bronze in 2017 and silver in 2019. Rustam won many IJF World Tour events. Orujov was born in Ust-Ilimsk (RUS). He took the gold medal at the Grand Prix in Zagreb in 2017. Rustam took bronze at the IJF World Masters in 2019 in Qingdao. He took gold at the Grand Slam in Budapest in 2020. He claimed a bronze medal at the Euro

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Rustam Orujov dissapoints Turkish crowd but takes gold in fair play

28 Mar 2015 20:40

Hasan VANLIOGLU (TUR) created a big sensation by entering the final of the day in the men’s -73kg category. For that he successively defeated SUN Shuai (CHN) by ippon, Igor WANDTKE (GER) by penalties, Akil GJAKOVA (KOS), Nugzari TATALASHVILI (GEO) by yuko and the top seeded competitor Dex ELMONT (NED) by penalties. In the final he was opposed to Rustam ORUJOV (AZE), winner of the Baku Grand Slam in 2013. Read more

Azerbaijan does good business with golden Orujov U73kg

21 Mar 2015 19:45

Number three seed Rustam ORUJOV (AZE) was the pick of the fighters in the -73kg category as he defeated World number 43 Dastan YKYBAYEV (KAZ) to be crowned Tbilisi Grand Prix 2015 gold medallist. World number nine ORUJOV, who took bronze at the Jeju Grand Prix, opened the scoring with a waza-ari from a sumi-gaeshi and, despite a yuko from a drop seoi-nage for YKYBAYEV, capped a fine all-round performance with gold. Read more

Azeri judoka not happy in preparation to European Games

3 Mar 2015 12:40

A number of Azerbaijani judoka held a protest in connection with the financial situation at the Azerbaijan Judo Federation. According to the Azeri Newspapers the athletes haven’t been paid or get it very late. Among the protesters Elmar Gasimov, 2013 world champion Elkhan Mammadov, and world championship medallist Nijat Shikhalizade. "How are we going to act on the EuroGames with such a training?" Read more

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An Chang-Rim shows his potential against Muki

28 Nov 2014 14:55

Junior world champion An Chang-Rim from Korea produced a sublime performance on the biggest stage of his blossoming career as he delighted his home crowd. AN defeated the top seed and Baku Grand Slam winner Sagi Muki (ISR) in the final having bested two Mongolian’s Khashbaatar and Ganbaatar in his route to the final. Read more

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Dex Elmont new World ranking leader after Abu Dhabi victory

1 Nov 2014 16:05

Dex Elmont took a gold medal at the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi. In the final of the men’s -73kg Elmont opposed Musa Mogushkov of Russia. Due to an injury, Mogushkov couldn’t compete and the victory went to Dex Elmont. Read more