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| Born | November 21, 1977 Sumgayit, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | up to 107 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Elshan Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Elşən Hüseynov; born 21 November 1977) — Azerbaijani paralympic powerlifter. He won bronze at the 2010 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur.[1] He also won gold medal at the 2013 Open European Championships in Alexin.[2] At this competition Huseynov lifted 225 kg, which was a new World and European Record.[3]
Elshan Huseynov represented Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where he took 5th place,[4] and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he took 4th place with a result of 230 kg.[5]
He was included in the National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan's top 10 athletes of 2010.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships Results
- ^ "Азербайджанские пауэрлифтеры установили мировой и европейский рекорды". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships Results
- ^ "Пауэрлифтер Эльшан Гусейнов стал пятым на Паралимпиаде". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Паралимпиада-2012: Эльшан Гусейнов остановился в шаге от медали
- ^ Biography of Huseynov on paralympic.org