Hasrat Jafarov

Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler

Hasrat Jafarov

Personal information

Nationality

Azerbaijan

Born

(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 21)
Goranboy, Azerbaijan

Height

172 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Sport

Country

Azerbaijan

Sport

Amateur wrestling

Weight class

67 kg

Event

Greco-Roman

Medal record

Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

Representing Azerbaijan
World Championships
	2023 Belgrade	67 kg
	2022 Belgrade	67 kg
European Championships
	2023 Zagreb	67 kg
	2024 Bucharest	67 kg
	2022 Budapest	67 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2021 Konya	67 kg
Grand Prix
	2022 Rome	67 kg
	2023 Budapest	67 kg
World U23 Championships
	2021 Belgrade	67 kg
European U23 Championship
	2021 Skopje	67 kg
World Junior Championships
	2021 Ufa	67 kg
European Juniors Championships
	2021 Dortmund	67 kg

Hasrat Jafarov (born 5 October 2002) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 67 kg division. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships.^[1]

Career

Hasret Jafarov is the gold medalist of World U23 Championships ; World Junior Championships ; European Junior Championships in 2021. Hasrat Jafarov is the first Greco-Roman wrestler to become a world champion among Azerbaijani U-23 wrestlers. In April 2023 Hasrat Jafarov became the European champion^[2]

Hasrat Jafarov won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg at 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championship.^[3] He also won the gold medal in that event at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Ufa, Russia.^[4]

In November 2021, he won the gold medal in that event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[5]^[6]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.^[7]

Hasrat Jafarov became the European champion for the first time at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia by defeating Georgian Joni Khetsuriani 3-2 in the final match of the men's 67 kg wrestling championships. Hasret Caferov, who started the championship from the last 16 round, reached the quarterfinals by defeating his Portuguese rival Pedro Caldas with a pin while leading 2-1. He defeated Norway's Håvard Jørgensen 7-1 in the quarterfinals and Murat Fırat 7-1 in the semifinals to reach the final.^[8]

He won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[9] He defeated Ruslan Bichurin in his gold medal match.^[9]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2022	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2023	European Championships	Zagreb, Croatia	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2023	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2024	European Championships	Bucharest, Romania	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg

References

^ "JAFAROV Hasrat profile page". uww.org.
^ "Джафаров и Ганизаде – новые чемпионы Европы". www.azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
^ "European Championships". United World Wrestling.
^ "Азербайджанский борец греко-римского стиля стал чемпионом мира". m.salamnews.org. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
^ "World Championships". United World Wrestling.
^ "2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Джафаров и Ганизаде – новые чемпионы Европы".
^ ^a ^b "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.