{{Short description|Azerbaijani boxer (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Teymur Mammadov | image = Teymur Mammadov Rio2016.jpg | image_size = | caption = Mammadov at the 2016 Olympics | full_name = Teymur Fuzuli oglu Mammadov | nicknames = | sport = Boxing | nationality = Azerbaijani | education = Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport<ref name=nbc>{{cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mammadov-teymur-1111482/index.html |title=Teymur Mammadov |website=nbcolympics.com |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027130459/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mammadov-teymur-1111482/index.html |archive-date=27 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | club = Rabita SC<ref name=nbc/> | coach = Ilham Alimzanov<ref name=nbc/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|01|11}} | birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mm/teymur-mmmdov-1.html |title=Teymur Məmmədov |accessdate=18 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801064508/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mm/teymur-mmmdov-1.html |archivedate=1 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = 196 cm<ref name=rio>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/teymur-mammadov |title=Teymur Mammadov |website=Rio2016.com |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027130348/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/teymur-mammadov |archive-date=27 October 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> | weight = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's amateur boxing}} {{MedalCountry|{{AZE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze| 2012 London|−91 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2011 Baku|−91 kg}} {{MedalBronze| 2013 Almaty|−91 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Games}} {{MedalGold| 2015 Baku | −81 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2011 Ankara | −91 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 2013 Minsk | −91 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Islamic Solidarity Games}} {{MedalGold|2017 Baku|−91 kg}} }}
'''Teymur Mammadov''' (born 11 January 1993) is a heavyweight amateur boxer from Azerbaijan. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and reached quarterfinals at the 2016 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the Parade of Nations.
==Career== Mammadov won silver at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to Oleksandr Usyk and gold at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the London 2012 Olympic Games Mammadov won a bronze medal after a controversial decision to award him a victory over Siarhei Karneyeu.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/boxing/latest-boxing-scandal-rocks-olympics.html |title=Latest boxing scandal rocks Olympics |publisher=NBC |accessdate=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806154401/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/boxing/latest-boxing-scandal-rocks-olympics.html |archive-date=6 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He had already defeated Jai Opetaia but lost to Clemente Russo in the semi-final.
In 2013 Mammadov reached the finals at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk and won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=40.European Championships – Minsk, Belarus – June 1–8 2013 |url=http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2013.html |publisher=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203092908/http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2013.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> He won a bronze medal at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships after losing to Clemente Russo again.<ref>{{cite web |title=17.World Championships – Almaty, Kazakhstan – October 14 – 26, 2013 |url=http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2013.html |publisher=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113170242/http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2013.html |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
By 2015 Mammadov moved down from the heavyweight (91 kg) to light heavyweight division (81 kg), winning a gold medal at the 2015 European Games. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the eventual silver medalist Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan.<ref name=sr/> Mammadov was the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the Parade of Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony |title=The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814121002/https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony |archive-date=14 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Teymur Mammadov}} * {{AIBA|teymur-mammadov-81kg}} * {{Olympics.com|teymur-mammadov}} * [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2011.pdf Euro 2011] at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl * [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2011.pdf World Championships 2011 results] at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Elnur Mammadli | title = Flagbearer for {{AZE}} | years = Rio de Janeiro 2016 | after = Rustam Orujov }} {{s-end}}
{{Olympic medalists for Azerbaijan}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mammadov, Teymur}} Category:Azerbaijani male boxers Category:Heavyweight boxers Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic boxers for Azerbaijan Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Category:Olympic medalists in boxing Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Boxers at the 2015 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Category:European Games medalists in boxing Category:IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists Category:Boxers from Baku Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in boxing Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
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