Vitaliy Rahimov

Vitaliy Rahimov (born 27 August 1984, Meghri, Armenian SSR) is an Azerbaijani athlete.

Rahimov moved with his family to Azerbaijan in 1990. He has been trained in Greco-Roman wrestling since 1994. [ [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. Retrieved 12 August 2008] He made the Azerbaijani Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008. In the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Rahimov beat Jim Gruenwald of the United States (7-0) but was later defeated by the Serbian Davor Stefanek. [ [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=749812 Olympic notes: Injury drops wrestler] by Charles F. Gardner. "Journal Sentinel". 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008]

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Rahimov successfully reached the final having beaten Sheng Jiang (China), Eusebiu Diaconu (Romania), Armen Nazarian (Bulgaria), and Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (Turkmenistan) but lost to Islam-Beka Albiev from Russia.

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