Azerbaijan goes to the European Championship with 15 judokas

The European Judo Championship among adults will be held in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on April 16–19. Sport24.az reports that the final team that will represent Azerbaijan in the continental competition has been determined.

15 of our judokas (9 men and 6 women) will compete in 11 weight categories in the prestigious tournament. Ruslan Pashayev (-66 kg), who was in the initial squad, was replaced by Turan Bayramov in the final list due to injury.

At the European Championship, our athletes will be led by the head coach of the men's national team Richard Trautmann, senior coaches Elkhan Mammadov, Elchin Ismayilov, Slavko Tekic and Robert Kravchik, as well as the head coach of the women's national team Amina Abdellatif and senior coach Sasha Herkenrath-Wimmer.

Nazim Umbayev, a member of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation's referee panel, an "A" category international referee, will also be among the representatives of justice at the tournament.

It should be noted that 404 judokas (229 men and 175 women) from 46 countries will compete for 14 sets of medals in the competition.

We present the team:

Men

-60 kg
Balabay Agayev
Ahmad Yusifov

-66 kg
Turan Bayramov

-73 kg
Hidayat Heydarov

-81 kg
Zelim Tckayev
Omar Rajabli

-90 kg
Murad Fatiyev

-100 kg
Zelim Kotsoiev

+100 kg
Kanan Nasibov

Women

-48 kg
Konul Aliyeva
Shafag Hamidova

-52 kg
Leyla Aliyeva
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva

-70 kg
Sudaba Agayeva

+78 kg
Madina Kaisinova