Azerbaijan at the Olympics

The NOC of Azerbaijan, the National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic, was founded in 1992 and recognized in 1993 by the IOC. Since 1996 Azerbaijan takes part in all summer and winter games. Azerbaijani athletes stood before the collapse of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1988 for the Soviet Olympic team at. 1992 were included in the team of the CIS athletes from Azerbaijan.

A total of 153 participants, including 37 women, seconded. Azerbaijani athletes won a total of 26 medals in the Summer Games.

The wrestler Namig Abdullayev of Azerbaijan 's first medalist and Olympic champion. Abdullayev won on August 1, 1996, the silver medal in the flyweight freestyle wrestling. On September 30, 2000, he scored the first Olympic victory of Azerbaijani man bantamweight. Nine days earlier, on 21 September 2000 won the marksman Zemfira Meftakhetdinowa the first gold medal of Azerbaijan at all.

With 18 years was 2000, the judoka Elçin Mehdi İsmayılow the youngest participant of Azerbaijan at the Olympics. The oldest participant was 54 years in 2012 with the marksman Irada Ashumowa.

Overview of participants

Summer Games

Winter Games

List of medalists

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