Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AZE
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Beijing
Competitors	18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Ilham Zakiyev
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 3 5 10
Summer Paralympics appearances
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1960–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of eighteen competitors in four sports: seven judoka, seven track and field athletes, three powerlifters, and one shooter.^[1]

Before the games, President Ilham Aliyev announced cash prizes for Azerbaijanis who won a Paralympic medal. Gold medalists received 200,000 manat, silver medalists 100,000, and bronze medalists 50,000. The athletes' trainers also received a reward: 100,000, 50,000, and 25,000 manat for gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo	Men +100 kg	9 September
Gold	Olokhan Musayev	Athletics	Men's Shot Put - F55/56	15 September
Silver	Tofig Mammadov	Judo	Men -90 kg	9 September
Silver	Karim Sardarov	Judo	Men -100 kg	9 September
Silver	Zeynidin Bilalov	Athletics	Men's triple jump - F11	12 September
Bronze	Ramin Ibrahimov	Judo	Men -60 kg	7 September
Bronze	Vladimir Zayets	Athletics	Men's triple jump - F12	8 September
Bronze	Oleg Panyutin	Athletics	Men's long jump - F12	13 September
Bronze	Rza Osmanov	Athletics	Men's 400m - T12	13 September
Bronze	Vugar Mehdiyev	Athletics	Men's 200m - T13	16 September

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramin Ibrahimov	−60 kg	Zasyadkovych (UKR) W 1000-0000	Shakhmanov (RUS) W 1000-0000	Noura (ALG) L 0001–1000s1	Bye		Quilter (GBR) W 1000–0000
Ilkin Alishov	−66 kg	Amaral (BRA) W 0001-0000s1	Lamri (ALG) L 0001s2-0010s1	Did not advance		Karpeniuk (UKR) L 0000s1-0101	Did not advance	7
Ramin Aliyev	−73 kg	Kimura (JPN) W 1001-0000	Zhilin (CHN) L 0000s1-1001	Did not advance		Krieger (GER) L 0011s2-0110s1	Did not advance	7
Natig Novruzzade	−81 kg	Gonzalez (ESP) W 1000-0000	Lencina (ARG) L 0000-1000	Did not advance		Oga (JPN) L refuse to race	Did not advance	7
Tofig Mammadov	−90 kg	Stoskus (LTU) W 0211-0000s1	Junk (GER) W 0003s1-0001s1	Sevricourt (FRA) W 1100s1-0001	Bye		Kretsul (RUS) L 0010s3–0100s2
Karim Sardarov	−100 kg	Bye	Hirose (JPN) W 1001s1–0001s1	Cortada (CUB) W 1000–0000	Bye		Tenorio Silva (BRA) L 0000s3–1101
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Bye	Taurines (FRA) W 1000–0000	Jung-min (KOR) W 1000–0001	Bye		Song (CHN) W 1000–0000

See also

• Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
• Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Azerbaijan to leave for Beijing Paralympics on August 28". APA. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
2. "The winner of XIII Paralympic Games from Azerbaijan to get $200,000". Azerbaijan Business Center. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-09-02.