Toghrul Asgarov

Asgarov at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Toğrul Əsgərov
Full name	Togrul Shahriyar oglu Asgarov
Nationality	Azerbaijan
Born	(1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31) , Ganja, Azerbaijan
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	65 kg
Event	Freestyle
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	(2012) (2016)
World finals	(2010) 5th (2015)
Regional finals	(2012)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2012 London 60 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 65 kg World Championships 2010 Moscow 55 kg World Cup 2015 Los Angeles 65 kg European Games 2015 Baku 65 kg European Championships 2012 Belgrade 60 kg World Juniors Championships 2011 Bucharest 60 kg 2010 Budapest 55 kg European Juniors Championships 2010 Samokov 55 kg World Juniors Cup 2011 Plauen 60 kg European Cadets Championships 2009 Zrenjanin 54 kg 2008 Daugavpils 46 kg

Toghrul Shahriyar oghlu Asgarov (Azerbaijani: Toğrul Əsgərov; born on September 17, 1992, Ganja, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is an Olympic and European champion in freestyle wrestling.

In 2012 Summer Olympics Toghrul Asgarov won Olympic wrestling gold medal in men's 60-kilogram freestyle, beating Besik Kudukhov of Russia by a score of (1-0, 5-0).^[1][2][3]

In May 2017, he was disqualified for one year due to the doping rules violation (higenamine).^[4]

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External links[edit]

• Bio on Fila-Wrestling.com^{[permanent dead link]}
• Video about career of Toghrul Asgarov
• Toghrul Asgarov at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
• Toghrul Asgarov at Olympedia