Rafael Aghayev

Rafael Aghayev
Aghayev in 2018
Born (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985
Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Native nameRafael Ağayev
NicknamePanther of the East
Diamond of the Karate World
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Division-75 kg
StyleShotokan
TeacherRahman Hatamov
RankBlack Belt, 5th dan
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Azerbaijan
Summer Olympics
2020 Tokyo Kumite −75 kg
World Championships
2006 Tampere Kumite −70 kg
2008 Tokyo Kumite −70 kg
2008 Tokyo Kumite open
2010 Belgrade Kumite −75 kg
2016 Linz Kumite −75 kg
2010 Belgrade Team kumite
2012 Paris Kumite −75 kg
2018 Madrid Kumite −75 kg
2021 Dubai Team kumite
European Championships
2004 Moscow Kumite −65 kg
2005 Tenerife Kumite open
2007 Bratislava Kumite −70 kg
2007 Bratislava Kumite open
2008 Tallinn Kumite open
2009 Zagreb Kumite −75 kg
2010 Athens Kumite −75 kg
2013 Budapest Kumite -75 kg
2015 Istanbul Kumite -75 kg
2016 Montpellier Kumite -75 kg
2018 Novi Sad Kumite -75 kg
2019 Guadalajara Kumite -75 kg
2008 Tallinn Kumite −70 kg
2021 Poreč Kumite -75 kg
2022 Gaziantep Team kumite
2008 Tallinn Team kumite
2009 Zagreb Team kumite
2010 Athens Team kumite
2011 Zürich Kumite −75 kg
2012 Tenerife Kumite −75 kg
2012 Tenerife Team kumite
2015 Istanbul Team kumite
2021 Poreč Team kumite
World Games
2013 Cali Kumite −75 kg
World Combat Games
2013 Saint Petersburg Kumite −75 kg
European Games
2015 Baku Kumite −75 kg
2019 Minsk Kumite −75 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2013 Palembang Kumite −75 kg
2017 Baku Kumite −75 kg
2005 Mecca Kumite −75 kg

Rafael Mahir Aghayev (Azerbaijani: Rafael Ağayev; born March 4, 1985) is an Azerbaijani karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is a five-time world champion, and eleven-time European champion in his discipline. Aghayev was signed by Karate Combat and was the welterweight champion in the promotion with a record of 5-0.

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