Jamal Rahimov (born 16 September 1987 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani equestrian showjumper. He has represented Azerbaijan twice at the Olympic Games: in 2008 and 2012.
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| Nationality | Azerbaijani | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1987 Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||
| Team | AZE | ||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Beijing 2008, London 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe started show jumping in 1998 in Istanbul. He graduated from The Istanbul International Community School.[1][2]
He is the first showjumper to represent Azerbaijan in the equestrian events at the Olympic Games.[1][2]
Personal life
editHe moved to Istanbul with his family, when he was three. He lives in Belgium.[3][1]
He is the grandson of Hasan Hasanov,[1][4] the former ambassador of Azerbaijan in Poland.[5]
He has a B.A. in Business Management from the Regent's Business School in London. Rahimov fluently speaks Azerbaijani, English, French, Russian and Turkish.[1] He has a good knowledge of Italian and Portuguese too.[2]
Olympics 2008
editAt the 2008 Olympic Games Rahimov competed in the individual jumping. He ended at the second qualification round[6] because he fell from his horse,[7] Ionesco de Brekka who was bought by Rahimov for 1,96 mln euro.[8]
Olympics 2012
editAt the 2012 Olympic Games Rahimov competed in the same event. He ended at the second qualification round too.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "RAHIMOV Jamal". infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "About Jamal". jamalrahimov.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Məmmədov, Elşən (27 October 2010). "Camal Rəhimov: "Olimpiadada zədələnən atımı 2 ata dəyişdim"" (in Azerbaijani). lent.az. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Hasanov, Kenan (18 August 2008). "Azeri jockey Jamal Rahimov gives up struggle in Beijing Olympics". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Hasan Hasanov syn Aziza" (in Polish). azembassy.pl (Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Poland). Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Equestrianism at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual Qualifying Round". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Азербайджанский наездник Джамал Рагимов упал с лошади (in Russian). baku.ws. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "DİQQƏT! BURA CIDIR DÜZÜ YOX, PEKİNDİR!" (in Azerbaijani). qaynar.info. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Jamal Rahimov: Azerbaijan, Equestrian". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Equestrianism at the 2012 London Summer Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual Qualifying Round". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Camal Rəhimov məğlub oldu" (in Azerbaijani). idmantv.az. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.