Rustam Orujov

Rustam Orujov

Personal information
Birth name	Rüstəm Fəzail oğlu Orucov
Full name	Rustam Fazail oglu Orujov
Nationality	Azerbaijanis
Citizenship	Azerbaijan
Born	October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) (age 32) Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Judo
Medal record Men's Judo Representing Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –73 kg European Championships 2016 Kazan –73 kg 2016 Kazan team

Rustam Orujov (born October 4, 1991 in Irkutsk, Russia) is an Azerbaijani 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.

Biography

Rustam Orujov, born October 4, 1991, in Russia, in the city of Ust-Ilimsk Irkutsk Region. With seven years he began studying judo. Up to sixteen he lived in the Irkutsk region. He played in various youth competitions. After age moved to Baku, where he was engaged at the "Attila" club. At youth level he won the championship of Eurasia, but failed to win the continental championship at the youth level. Later Orujov went to the adult level, which initially acted in weight category up to 66 kg. The first success at senior level came after Rustam Orujov began to fight in the category up to 73 kg.

In June 2011, the European Cup in the Slovenian city of Celje Orujov finished second, in October of the same year at the World Cup in Baku, where Orujov first started performing in weight up to 73 kg, – the third. In February 2012, Orujov was fifth at the Grand Prix in Dusseldorf. That tournament, which allowed to score points for the Olympic license ended and Orujov was able to get through to the Olympics only through the continental quota of the European Judo Union. In May 2012 at the Grand Prix Baku Orujov has won first place.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London in 1/16 Orujov won the Gideon van Zyl from South Africa, but lost to the future champion of the games Mansur Isaev of Russia and finished performance.

In 2013, when Rustam Orujov just returned from the army, he performed at the Grand Prix of Samsun, which was defeated. But in May 2013, Orujov was able to become the winner of the tournament "Grand Slam", which was held in Baku. And in 2014 at the next Grand Prix tournament in Samsun Orujov won the silver medal.

In 2015, at the Grand Prix in Georgia Orujov won the gold medal. In 2016 he became the champion of Europe. Representing Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he won a silver medal in judo in the weight category up to 73 kg. September 1 decree of the President of Azerbaijan was awarded the Order "For Service to the Fatherland III degree."