Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Template:Infobox Paralympics Azerbaijan Azerbaijan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Two powerlifters tested positive for steroids in initial drug tests on 18 September 2004 and were banned for life from the Paralympics having both tested positive in previous championships. Sara Abbasova competed in the women's -82.5 kg category and had her first violation at the 2001 powerlifting championships in Hungary. Gunduz Ismayilov who had set a world record and won a gold medal in Men's -90 kg competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics was stripped of it and had his record nullified after testing positive for nandrolone.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo	Men +100 kg	20 September
Gold	Oleg Panyutin	Athletics	Long jump - F12	19 September
Silver	Zeynidin Bilalov	Athletics	Triple jump - F11	27 September
Bronze	Yelena Taranova	Shooting	Women's P2 - 10m	19 September

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Bye	Torres Pompa (CUB) W 1001–0001	Campos Ariza (ESP) W 1010–0000	Bye		Rose (GBR) W 1000–0000

See also

• Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
• Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

External links

• Paralympics 2004
• Athens 2004 Press Release, International Paralympic Committee