Adil Osmanov

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Adil Osmanov
Adil Osmanov and Dan Perciun in December 2024 (cropped to Adil Osmanov).jpg
Osmanov in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 25)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation Judoka
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Sport Judo
Weight class 73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Bronze medal.svg (2024)
World Champ. R16 (2024)
European Champ. 5th (2023, 2024)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris 73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Antalya 73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Linz 73 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Linz 73 kg
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Essen 73 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Budapest 73 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Sarajevo 73 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Vantaa 66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 38271
JudoInside.com 114070
Updated on 29 July 2025

Adil Osmanov (born 2 July 2000) is a Moldovan judoka. [1] He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Early and personal life

Osmanov was born in Moscow to an Azerbaijani father and a Moldovan mother, from the city of Drochia. His parents lived in Azerbaijan before he was born and he has family in Baku, and in Khachmaz, where his father was born. He started practicing the sport of judoka in Moscow and his first few judo fights were as part of the Russian Federation. [2] He moved to Chișinău in Moldova in 2017 after choosing to represent them internationally, initially on his own, although his mother later moved back to Moldova as well. His father died in 2023. Alongside his judoka, he works for the General Inspectorate of Carabinieri in Moldova. [3] [2]

Career

He is coached by former Olympic Judoka Valeriu Duminică. [2] In 2021, he won a bronze medal at the 2021 European U23 Judo Championships in Budapest. [4] He again won bronze at the European U23 Championship in 2022, in Sarajevo. [5]

He secured a silver medal at the European Open in Warsaw in 2023. [6] He won the bronze medal at the 2023 Grand Prix Upper Austria. [7]

He won the 73kg category at the 2024 Grand Prix Upper Austria in Linz, defeating Koen Heg of the Netherlands in the semi-final and Rashid Mammadaliyev of Azerbaijan in the final. [8] [9] He followed that with victory at the 2024 Grand Slam of Antalya. [10] This was a first gold medal for Osmanov in a Grand Slam event, and came about a few weeks after his first gold medal in a Grand Prix event. [11]

Competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 73kg defeating Italy's Manuel Lombardo in the bronze medal match. He celebrated his victory with a fist pump so fierce it was reported that he may have dislocated his shoulder. [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. "Adil Osmanov". eju.net. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Blandescu, Dorina (15 March 2024). "FOTO: Povestea emoționantă a judocanului Adil Osmanov: Pierderea tatălui, mutarea în Moldova și relația cu bunicul său". RealMedia (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. "Adil Osmanov". Judo Inside. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. "U23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021". ijf.org. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  5. "Judoka Adil Osmanov wins bronze at European U23 Championships". ipn.md. 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  6. "FRANCE DOUBLE UP ON GOLD TO LEAD IN THE MEDAL TABLE". eju.net. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  7. "Pelivan and Osmanov snatch bronze at Upper Austria Grand Prix". albasat.md. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  8. Messner, Nicola (9 March 2024). "-73kg: Osmanov Raises the Moldovan Flag". ijf.org. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  9. "Esposito and Osmanov shine in Linz". Euronews. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  10. "ANTALYA OFFERS UP NEW TALENT ON THE PODIUM". eju.net. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  11. Messner, Nicolas (30 March 2024). "-73kg: A Second Premiere for Osmanov". ijf.org. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  12. "One step away from a medal! Judoka Adil Osmanov qualified for the semi-finals at the Paris Olympics". moldova1.md. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  13. Lambourne, Jake (30 July 2024). "Olympics star Adil Osmanov suffers freak injury while celebrating bronze medal at Paris 2024". Talksport. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  14. Alao, Lola Christina (30 July 2024). "Olympic judo star dislocates shoulder while celebrating bronze medal". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 April 2025.