- Vitaliy Rahimov
Vitaliy Rahimov (born
27 August 1984 ,Meghri ,Armenian SSR ) is anAzerbaijan i athlete.Rahimov moved with his family to Azerbaijan in
1990 . He has been trained inGreco-Roman wrestling since1994 . [ [http://www.echo-az.com/archive/2004_08/898/sport04.shtml Vitaliy Rahimov: I Want to Come Back an Olympic Medalist] by E.Aliyev. "Echo". #160(898).20 August 2004 . Retrieved12 August 2008 ] He made the Azerbaijani Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008. In the 2004 Olympics inAthens , Rahimov beatJim Gruenwald of theUnited States (7-0) but was later defeated by theSerbia nDavor Stefanek . [ [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=749812 Olympic notes: Injury drops wrestler] by Charles F. Gardner. "Journal Sentinel".12 May 2008 . Retrieved12 August 2008 ]In the 2008
Beijing Olympics, Rahimov successfully reached the final having beatenSheng Jiang (China ),Eusebiu Diaconu (Romania ),Armen Nazarian (Bulgaria ), andNurbakyt Tengizbayev (Turkmenistan ) but lost toIslam-Beka Albiev fromRussia .References
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