Elmar Gasimov

Elmar Gasimov (Azerbaijani: Elmar Qasimov, born 2 November 1990) is an Azerbaijani judoka, who competes in the -100 kg division. He has competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in 2016.[1][2][3] He has also won a bronze at the 2017 World Championships,[3] and a silver (2014)[4] and two bronze medals (2012 and 2019) at European level.[5][6]

Elmar Gasimov

Gasimov after 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1990-11-02) 2 November 1990 Xırdalan, Azerbaijan
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Judo
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –100 kg World Championships 2017 Budapest –100 kg European Games 2019 Minsk –100 kg European Championships 2014 Montpellier –100 kg 2012 Chelyabinsk –100 kg 2019 Minsk –100 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku –100 kg

He also won a gold medal at the 2009 European Youth Championship in Yerevan, after defeating Lukáš Krpálek in the final.[7][8] He later lost to Krpálek in the finals of the 2014 European Championships and of the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Gasimov narrowly missed out on a second bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, losing to Aaron Wolf with 33 seconds left in the bronze medal match.[9] He began practising judo in 1999.[4]