# Rustam Orujov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rustam_Orujov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rustam_Orujov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustam_Orujov > Source revision: 1323089311 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Azerbaijani judoka (born 1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox judoka | name = Rustam Orujov | fullname = Rustam Fazail oglu Orujov | image = Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Orujov vs Khamza 2.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Rüstəm Fəzail oğlu Orucov | nationality = Azerbaijani | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [Ust-Ilimsk](/source/Ust-Ilimsk), [Irkutsk Oblast](/source/Irkutsk_Oblast), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) | height = 1.80 m | website = http://www.rustamorujov.com | country = [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan) | club = | weight_class = –73 kg | rank = | rank_ref = {{cite web |title=IJF Dan Grades Awardees |url=https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2023/02/Liste_Grades_14022023-16764493-1676449342.pdf |website=[International Judo Federation](/source/International_Judo_Federation) |access-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218112607/https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2023/02/Liste_Grades_14022023-16764493-1676449342.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2023 |page=7 |language=en}} | dan = 6 | worlds_rank = 2 | worlds_year = 2017 | worlds_weight = Men's 73 kg | worlds_year2 = 2019 | worlds_weight2 = Men's 73 kg | regionals_type = EU | regionals_rank = 1 | regionals_year = 2016 | regionals_weight = Men's 73 kg | nationals = | olympics_rank = 2 | olympics_year = 2016 | olympics_weight = Men's 73 kg | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's [judo](/source/judo) }} {{Medal|Country| {{AZE}} }} {{Medal|Competition| [Olympic Games](/source/Judo_at_the_Summer_Olympics) }} {{Medal|S| [2016 Rio de Janeiro](/source/Judo_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/Judo_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [World Championships](/source/World_Judo_Championships) }} {{Medal|S| [2017 Budapest](/source/2017_World_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/2017_World_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|S| [2019 Tokyo](/source/2019_World_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/2019_World_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [European Games](/source/European_Games) }} {{Medal|S| [2019 Minsk](/source/2019_European_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/Judo_at_the_2019_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [European Championships](/source/European_Judo_Championships) }} {{Medal|G| [2016 Kazan](/source/2016_European_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/2016_European_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|B| [2016 Kazan](/source/2016_European_Judo_Championships) | [Men's team](/source/2016_European_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team) }} {{Medal|B| [2017 Warsaw](/source/2017_European_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/2017_European_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|B| [2020 Prague](/source/2020_European_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/2020_European_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|B| [2022 Sofia](/source/2022_European_Judo_Championships) | [{{nbnd}}73 kg](/source/2022_European_Judo_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [World Masters](/source/Judo_World_Masters) }} {{Medal|G| [2018 Guangzhou](/source/2018_Judo_World_Masters) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2015 Rabat](/source/2015_Judo_World_Masters) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2016 Guadalajara](/source/2016_Judo_World_Masters) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2019 Qingdao](/source/2019_Judo_World_Masters) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| [IJF Grand Slam](/source/Judo_Grand_Slam) }} {{Medal|G| [2013 Baku](/source/2013_Judo_Grand_Slam_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| [2015 Baku](/source/2015_Judo_Grand_Slam_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| [2020 Budapest](/source/2020_Judo_Grand_Slam_Hungary) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2015 Paris](/source/2015_Judo_Grand_Slam_Paris) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2016 Abu Dhabi](/source/2016_Judo_Grand_Slam_Abu_Dhabi) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2018 Düsseldorf](/source/2018_Judo_Grand_Slam_D%C3%BCsseldorf) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2014 Baku](/source/2014_Judo_Grand_Slam_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2014 Abu Dhabi](/source/2014_Judo_Grand_Slam_Abu_Dhabi) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2016 Baku](/source/2016_Judo_Grand_Slam_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2017 Baku](/source/2017_Judo_Grand_Slam_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2017 Abu Dhabi](/source/2017_Judo_Grand_Slam_Abu_Dhabi) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2019 Düsseldorf](/source/2019_Judo_Grand_Slam_D%C3%BCsseldorf) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2019 Baku](/source/2019_Judo_Grand_Slam_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2020 Düsseldorf](/source/2020_Judo_Grand_Slam_D%C3%BCsseldorf) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2021 Tashkent](/source/2021_Judo_Grand_Slam_Tashkent) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2022 Budapest](/source/2022_Judo_Grand_Slam_Budapest) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| [IJF](/source/International_Judo_Federation) Grand Prix }} {{Medal|G| [2012 Baku](/source/2012_Judo_Grand_Prix_Baku) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| [2015 Tbilisi](/source/2015_Judo_Grand_Prix_Tbilisi) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| [2015 Samsun](/source/2015_Judo_Grand_Prix_Samsun) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| [2016 Havana](/source/2016_Judo_Grand_Prix_Havana) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| [2017 Zagreb](/source/2017_Judo_Grand_Prix_Zagreb) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2014 Samsun](/source/2014_Judo_Grand_Prix_Samsun) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2015 Qingdao](/source/2015_Judo_Grand_Prix_Qingdao) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2016 Düsseldorf](/source/2016_Judo_Grand_Prix_D%C3%BCsseldorf) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| [2019 Antalya](/source/2019_Judo_Grand_Prix_Antalya) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2014 Jeju](/source/2014_Judo_Grand_Prix_Jeju) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2015 Jeju](/source/2015_Judo_Grand_Prix_Jeju) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| [2018 Zagreb](/source/2018_Judo_Grand_Prix_Zagreb) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| [Islamic Solidarity Games](/source/Islamic_Solidarity_Games) }} {{Medal|G| [2017 Baku](/source/Judo_at_the_2017_Islamic_Solidarity_Games) | Men's team }} {{Medal|S| [2017 Baku](/source/Judo_at_the_2017_Islamic_Solidarity_Games) | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} | updated = 23 May 2023 }} '''Rustam Orujov''' (born 4 October 1991) is an Azerbaijani retired [judoka](/source/judoka).{{cite Sports-Reference}} He competed in the [men's 73 kg](/source/Judo_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) event at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics); after defeating [Gideon van Zyl](/source/Gideon_van_Zyl) in the second round, he was eliminated by [Mansur Isaev](/source/Mansur_Isaev) in the third round.{{cite web|title=Rustam Orujov|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/orujov-rustam-1224960/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=2012-08-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804012906/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/orujov-rustam-1224960/|archivedate=August 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}} He won the silver medal in the [men's 73 kg](/source/Judo_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_73_kg) event at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics).{{cite web|title=Rustam Orujov|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rustam-orujov|website=Rio 2016|accessdate=September 3, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903153032/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rustam-orujov|archivedate=September 3, 2016}} ==Biography== Rustam Orujov, was born October 4, 1991, in Russia, in the city of [Ust-Ilimsk](/source/Ust-Ilimsk) [Irkutsk Region](/source/Irkutsk_Region), to an [Azerbaijani](/source/Azerbaijanis) father and a [Russian](/source/Russians) mother. At the age of seven he began to practice judo. He lived in the [Irkutsk region](/source/Irkutsk_region) until he was 16. He competed in various youth competitions. After moving to [Baku](/source/Baku), he began training in the famous "Attila" martial arts sports club. At youth level he won the championship of [Eurasia](/source/Eurasia), but failed to win the continental championship. Later, Orujov went to the senior level, initially competing in the 66 kg weight category. His first success at senior level came after Rustam Orujov began to compete in the 73 kg weight category. In June 2011, at the European Cup in the [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia)n city of [Celje](/source/Celje) Orujov he finished second, in October of the same year at the World Cup in [Baku](/source/Baku), where Orujov first started performing in weight up to 73 kg, – third. In February 2012, Orujov was fifth at the Grand Prix in Düsseldorf. That tournament, allowed him to score points for the Olympic license and Orujov was able to get through to the Olympics only through the continental quota of the [European Judo Union](/source/European_Judo_Union). In May 2012 at the Grand Prix Baku Orujov has won first place. On the [2012 Olympic Games](/source/2012_Olympic_Games) in London in 1/16 Orujov won against [Gideon van Zyl](/source/Gideon_van_Zyl) from South Africa, but lost to the future champion of the games [Mansur Isaev](/source/Mansur_Isaev) of Russia. In 2013, when Rustam Orujov returned from the Azerbaijani mandatory military service, he performed at the Grand Prix of Samsun, in which he was defeated due to lack of appropriate training. But in May 2013, Orujov was able to recover and became the winner of the tournament "Grand Slam", which was held in [Baku](/source/Baku). In 2014, at the next Grand Prix tournament in Samsun Orujov won the silver medal. In 2015, at the Grand Prix in Georgia, Orujov won the gold medal. In 2016 he became the champion of Europe.{{Cite web |title=JudoInside - Rustam Orujov Judoka |url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/71065/Rustam_Orujov/judo-career |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.judoinside.com}} Representing [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan) at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in Rio de Janeiro, where he won a silver medal in judo in the weight category up to 73 kg. September 1 decree of the [President of Azerbaijan](/source/President_of_Azerbaijan) was awarded the Order "For Service to the Fatherland III degree." In the -73 kg weight category he won silver at the [2017](/source/2017_World_Judo_Championships) and [2019 World Championships](/source/2019_World_Judo_Championships). He also won bronze medals at the [2017](/source/2017_European_Judo_Championships), [2020](/source/2020_European_Judo_Championships) and [2022 European Championships](/source/2022_European_Judo_Championships), and a silver at the [2019 European Games](/source/2019_European_Games). He had to miss the 2021 European Championships due to testing positive for COVID.{{Cite web |title=Top judoka De Wit and Orujov cancel Europeans |url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/4451/Top_judoka_De_Wit_and_Orujov_cancel_Europeans |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.judoinside.com |language=en}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Sports links}} * {{The-Sports}} * {{Instagram}} {{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = [Teymur Mammadov](/source/Teymur_Mammadov) | title = [Flagbearer](/source/List_of_flag_bearers_for_Azerbaijan_at_the_Olympics) for {{AZE}} | years = [Tokyo 2020](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) | after = ''Incumbent'' }} {{s-end}} {{Olympic medalists for Azerbaijan}} {{EC Judo M73}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Orujov, Rustam}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Azerbaijani male judoka Category:Olympic judoka for Azerbaijan Category:Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in judo Category:Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Category:People from Ust-Ilimsk Category:Judoka at the 2015 European Games Category:Judoka at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games medalists in judo Category:European Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan Category:Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Category:Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rustam Orujov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustam_Orujov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustam_Orujov?action=history)). 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