Javad Aghayev

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Javad Aghayev
Javad Aghayev at the ceremony dedicated to 2022 sporting results.jpg
Personal information
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born15 January 2002 (2002-01-15) (age 23)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event
74 kg
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Guadalajara 68 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Belgrade 74 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Hammamet -63 kg

Javad Aghayev (born 15 January 2002) is an Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner. He became a world junior champion in 2018, and won bronze medals at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships and the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships. [1]

Career

From Qabala, he was a bronze medalist at the European Youth Cup in Larnaca, Cyprus in 2017 in the 63 kg division. [2] He was a gold medalist in the -63kg division at the European Clubs Championships in Istanbul, Turkey in 2018. [3] He was also a gold medalist in that division at the 2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia. [4]

After moving to the senior ranks, he won titles at the Dutch Open and Belgian Open before competing at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, England. He won silver at the 2022 European Under-21 Championships in Tirana and a bronze at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico, in the men’s featherweight division, defeating Uzbekistan's Tokyo 2020 champion Ulugbek Rashitov on his way to the semi-finals. [5]

He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in the men's 74 kg division in Belgrade in May 2024. [6]

He was selected to compete at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, China, in October 2025, in the men's lightweight division. [7]

References

  1. "Javad Aghayev". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. "Javad Aghayev won bronze of Taekwondo Cup in Cyprus Taekvondo". gabaladc.az. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. "Azerbaijani taekwondo fighters take 10 medals on Day 2 of European Clubs Championships". Azertag.az. 8 Feb 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. "Javad Aghayev became world champion". gabalafc.az. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. "Javad Aghayev: On course for a home Worlds". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. Khalatyan, Rafael (13 May 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  7. "Azerbaijani taekwondo athletes struggle at World Championship in Wuxi". Idman.biz. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.