Nazim Babayev

Nazim Babayev
Personal information
Nationality Azerbaijani
Born (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997
Education Physical Culture and Sports Academy in Baku
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Azerbaijan
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Triple jump
Medal record
European Games
2015 BakuTriple Jump
Summer Universiade
2017 TaipeiTriple jump
Youth Olympic Games
2014 NanjingTriple Jump
European Junior Championships
2015 Eskilstuna Triple Jump
European U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz Triple Jump
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 BakuTriple Jump

Nazim Babayev (born 8 October 1997) is an Azerbaijani track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump and long jump.

Biography

In 2015, he won the triple jump competition at 2015 European Games in Baku.[2] A month later, Babayev set a championship record, national junior record and world junior lead when he leapeed 17.04m in the triple jump at 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships.[3][4] He qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio for the Men's triple jump.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Azerbaijan
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 1st Triple jump 15.53 m
2014 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 3rd Triple Jump 15.96 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 17th (q) Triple jump 15.92 m
European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st Triple jump 16.38 m
European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 1st Triple jump 17.04 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 8th Triple jump 16.43 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 23rd (q) Triple jump 16.06 m (w)
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15th (q) Triple jump 15.74 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (q) Triple jump 16.38 m
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 9th Long jump 7.30 m
1st Triple jump 17.15 m
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Triple jump 17.18 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (q) Triple jump 16.61 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st Triple jump 17.01 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 4th Triple jump 16.76 m

References

  1. ↑ 2017 Universiade bio
  2. ↑ "Nazim Babayev wins the Men's Triple Jump". baku2015.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Paul, Harford. "Six more golds for GB at the European Junior Championships". www.athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nazim Babayev wins gold at European Athletics Junior Championship". azertag.az. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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