Kosei Inoue is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari.
Kapaz PFK, is an Azerbaijani football club based in Ganja, which competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier of Azerbaijan football. The club was founded as Toxucu in 1959. They have won the Azerbaijani Championship 3 times and the Azerbaijani Football Cup 4 times.
Movlud Miraliyev is an Azerbaijani retired judoka of Turkish Meskhetian origin.
The Azerbaijan men's national tennis team represents Azerbaijan in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Azerbaijan Tennis Federation. They have not competed since 2013.
Elnur Mammadli is an Azerbaijani judoka.
Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 42 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
Emin Azizov is a male freestyle wrestler from Azerbaijan. He participated in the Men's freestyle 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/16 of final he beat Swiss Grégory Sarrasin, but lost in the next round against Leonid Spiridonov and was eliminated from the competition.
Sport in Azerbaijan has ancient roots, and even now, both traditional and modern sports are still practiced. Freestyle wrestling has been traditionally regarded as Azerbaijan's national sport and today, the most popular sports in Azerbaijan are combat sportss, football and chess. Other popular sports are gymnastics, judo, futsal, weightlifting, and boxing. Azerbaijan's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Water sports are practiced on the Caspian Sea and in inland waters. Competitively, Azerbaijan has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Azerbaijan is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), European Athletics Association (EAA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), among many others. It has also hosted the first European Games and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.
Elchin Azizov is an Azerbaijani opera baritone. From 1992 to 2001, he was a member of the Parni iz Baku team of the Russian TV show KVN. Since 2008, he has been a soloist at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
Ramin Azizov is an Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner. He received a gold medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, held in his home country, and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -80 kg division. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won his first match against Steven López, before losing to Mauro Sarmiento in the quarterfinals.
Elmar Gasimov is an Azerbaijani judoka, who competes in the -100 kg division. He has competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in 2016. He has also won a bronze at the 2017 World Championships, and a silver (2014) and two bronze medals at European level.
Rustam Orujov is an Azerbaijani retired judoka. He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Gideon van Zyl in the second round, he was eliminated by Mansur Isaev in the third round. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Mehman Aliyev is Director of Turan Information Agency, a Baku-based news agency. He is a regular critic of the Azerbaijani government.
Orkhan Safarov is an Azerbaijani judoka. He won a bronze at the 2013 World Judo Championships in the –60 kg category.
Kwon Young-woo is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He captured two golds in the 81-kg division at the Summer Universiade, completed a full set of medals at the Asian Judo Championships, and later finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Hidayat "Hido" Heydarov is an Azerbaijani judoka in men’s 73 kg. He is a four-time European Judo Champion . In 2024, he won the Gold Medal in the Olympic Games in Paris, the World Championships in Abu Dhabi and the European Championships in Zagreb.
Mehman Sayadov was the National Hero of Azerbaijan, and the warrior of the Karabakh war.
Azizov is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mehman is a village in Aliabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hashtrud County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Azerbaijan participated at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022. It was the first time Azerbaijan participated at the Winter Paralympics.
