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Azerbaijan lineup announced for Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Los Angeles, Calif., April 11-12

The wrestling federation of Azerbaijan has provided its lineup for the 2015 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup, which

will be held at the Forum, presented by Chase, April 11-12 in Inglewood, Calif.

The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and will feature the top eight men’s freestylewrestling teams in the world.

The Azerbaijan team will be led by 2012 Olympic gold medalist Togrul Asgarov at 70 kg/154 lbs. Asgarov was a

2010 World silver medalist, a 2012 European gold medalist and a 2011 Junior World gold medalist.

2014 World champion Haji Aliev is expected to compete at 65 kg/145 lbs. Aliev was the 2014 European champion,

second in the 2011 Junior European Championship and third in the 2013 University World Games.

Two-time World bronze medalist Yabrail Hasanov, who was fifth in the 2012 Olympic Games, is on the team at 74

kg/163 lbs. Hasanov was the 2010 and 2011 European champion and has won the FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals

three times.

2011 World bronze medalist Ashraf Aliev is on the roster at 74 kg/163 lbs. Aliev was eighth in the 2012 OlympicGames and third in the 2010 World Military Championship. Also competing in 2011 World bronze medalist

Jamaladdin Magomedov at 125 kg/275 lbs.

Azerbaijan placed fourth at the 2014 World Championships, which were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The eight nations which will compete for the World Cup are (alphabetically): This year’s field includes Azerbaijan,

Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey and the United States.Nations were invited based upon final team

standings at the 2014 World Championships.

Azerbaijan has drawn into Group B, and will face Iran, Belarus and Turkey.

All-Session tickets are available, as well as Single-Day tickets. Fans can purchase All-Session tickets for $60 forGeneral Admission and $85 for Preferred Seating. Single-Day tickets, on either Saturday or Sunday, are $35 for

General Admission and $55 for Preferred Seating. Fees apply for tickets purchased through Ticketmaster at

www.ticketmaster.com

A group discount offer for clubs is also available. There is a 20% discount for all USA Wrestling members. Both

offers can also be found at www.wrestlingworldcup.com

There will be two sessions of wrestling action each day of the Freestyle World Cup. On Saturday, April 11, there

will be sessions held at 3:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. On Sunday, April 12, the first session is at 11:00 a.m., with the First

Place and Third Place Championship Duals set for 4:15 p.m.

The 2014 Freestyle World Cup were also held in Los Angeles, with Iran winning the team title, Russia placing

second and the United States in third.

For more information on the Freestyle World Cup, visit www.wrestlingworldcup.com

Azerbaijan Freestyle World Cup Team Roster

57 kg/125 lbs – Yashar Aliev

57 kg/125 lbs – Makhmud Magomedov

60 kg/132 lbs – Jalal Suleymanov

65 kg/145 lbs – Haji Aliev

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65 kg/145 lbs – Magomed Muslimov

66 kg/145.5 lbs – Murad Suleymanov

70 kg/154 lbs – Togrul Asgarov

70 kg/154 lbs – Ruslan Dibirgadzhiyev

74 kg/163 lbs – Ashraf Aliev

74 kg/163 lbs – Yabrail Hasanov

86 kg/189 lbs – Aleksander Gostiev86 kg/189 lbs – Magomedhadshi Khatiev

86 kg/189 lbs – Gamzat Osmanov

125 kg/275 lbs – Jamaladdin Magomedov

Coach – Saypulla Absaidov

Coach – Firdovsi Umudov

Official – Tarana Ali-Zada

Official – Namig Aliyev

Official – Azhdar Jafarov

Medical – Rauf Aliyev

Masseur – Seymur Ismayilov

Referee – Asif Shiraliyev

Azerbaijan World Cup bios

57 kg/125 lbs – Yashar Aliev

2013 World Team member… Third in 2013 European Championships… Third in 2015 Grand Prix of Paris (France)

…Third in 2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Second in 2013 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals… Third in 2013

Yasar Dogu (Turkey)…Third in 2012 International Ukrainian Tournament…Third in 2011 Dan Kolov International

(Bulgaria)…Third in 2009 and 2008 Junior European Championships…Fifth in 2009 European Championship…

Fifth in 2008 Junior World Championships…Third in 2006 Cadet European Championships…Born August 31,

1989…Age 25

57 kg/125 lbs – Makmud Magomedov

2012 World Cup champion…2012 Yasar Dogu champion (Turkey)…2010 European champion… 2011 Golden

Grand Prix champion… Third in 2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals… Second in 2011 & 2014 Moscow Lights(Russia)…Third in 2014 Golden Grand Prix…Third in 2011 European Championship… (Following achievements

for Russia) Third in 2009 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia)… Third in 2008 Shamil Umakhanov Tournament

(Russia)… 2009 Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…2006 Junior European champion…2003 Cadet

European champion…Born August 28, 1986…Age 28

60 kg/132 lbs – Jalal Suleymanov

Eleventh in 2012 Imamali Habibi & Abdollah Movahed Cup (Iran)…August 15, 1986…Age 28

65 kg/145 lbs – Haji Aliev

2014 World champion…2014 European champion……2012 & 2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals champion…

2014 Grand Prix of Germany champion…2014 Dan Kolov International champion (Bulgaria)…Second in 2013

FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals… Third in 2013 World University Games…Third in 2013 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)…

Third in 2012 Grand Prix of Germany…Third in 2012 World Cup…Third in 2012 International Ukrainian

Tournament…Second in 2011 Ramzan Kadyrov Cup (Russia)…Eighth in 2013 European Championship…Second

in 2011 Junior European Championship…Second in 2008 Cadet European Championship…Born April 21, 1991…

Age 23

65 kg/145 lbs – Magomed Muslimov

2015 Grand Prix of Paris champion (France)…Second in 2014 Moscow Lights (Russia)…Second in 2014

Intercontinental Cup (Russia)…Second in 2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Second in 2014 Yasar Dogu



(Turkey)…Third in 2013 Intercontinental Cup (Russia)…Second in 2011 Junior European Championship…Second

in 2011 Junior World Cup… Eighth in 2011 Junior World Championships… Born July 24, 1993…Age 21

66 kg/145.5 lbs – Murad Suleymanov

Ninth in 2014 World Championships… Second in 2014 Junior European Championship…Born July 12, 1996…Age

18

70 kg/154 lbs – Togrul Asgarov

2012 Olympic champion… Second in 2010 World Championships…2012 European champion…2012 Olympic

Qualification Tournament champion…2011 Junior World champion…2011 Junior World Cup champion… Second

in 2011 Moscow Lights (Russia)…Second in 2010 Junior World Championship…Third in 2011 FILA Golden

Grand Prix Finals…2008 and 2009 Cadet European champion…Born September 17, 1992…Age 22

70 kg/154 lbs – Ruslan Dibirgadzhiyev

2014 European champion…2015 Grand Prix of Paris champion (France)…2014 Grand Prix of Germany

champion…2014 Dan Kolov International champion (Bulgaria)… 2014 World Team member… 2013 Grand Prix of

Spain champion…Second in 2014 Moscow Lights (Russia)…Third in 2013 & 2014 Golden Grand Prix…(following

achievements for Russia) Third in 2008 Shamil Umakhanov Tournament (Russia)…Born July 20, 1988…Age 26

74 kg/163 lbs – Ashraf Aliev

Third in 2011 World Championship…Eighth in 2012 Olympics……Eighth in 2014 World Championships…Third

in 2010 World Military Championships… Second in 2012 World Cup…Third in 2013 Golden Grand Prix…Second

in 2013 Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland)…Second in 2013 Grand Prix of Spain…Second in 2012 Grand Prix of

Germany…Third in 2012 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)…Third in 2011 FILA Test Tournament… Second in 2011 Golden

Grand Prix…Second in 2011 Ali Aliev Tournament (Russia)…Born July 29, 1986…Age 28

74 kg/163 lbs – Yabrail Hasanov

Third in 2010 and 2011 World Championship… Fifth in 2012 Olympics…2010 and 2011 European champion…

2010, 2011 and 2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals champion… Second in 2013 World University Games…2014

Grand Prix of Germany champion …2007 Cadet European champion…Second in 2014 European Championship…

Second in 2009 European Championship…Second in 2008 Junior World Championship…Third in 2006 and 2008

Junior European Championship…Third in 2007 Junior World Championship…Third in 2005 Cadet EuropeanChampionship…Third in 2014 Ramzan Kadyrov Cup (Russia)… Third in 2014 Dan Kolov International

Tournament (Bulgaria)…Third in 2013 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Second in 2013 Intercontinental Cup

(Russia)…Third in 2013 Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland)… Second in 2012 World Cup…Third in 2012 Yasar Dogu

(Turkey)…Third in 2011 Fila Test Tournament… Born February 2, 1990…Age 25

86 kg/189 lbs – Aleksander Gostiev

Third in 2012 European Championships…2013 Ziolkowski Memorial champion (Poland)…2013 Yasar Dogu

champion (Turkey)…2012 International Ukrainian Tournament champion… Second in 2014 Moscow Lights

(Russia)…Second in 2014 Intercontinental Cup (Russia)…Third in 2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Third in

2012 Golden Grand Prix…Second in 2011 Moscow Lights (Russia)…Third in 2011 FILA Golden Grand Prix

Finals…Second in 2014 Intercontinental Cup (Russia)… (following achievements for Russia) Second in 2010 FILA

Golden Grand Prix Finals… 2010 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals champion…Born January 24, 2987…Age 28

86 kg/189 lbs – Magomedhadshi Khatiev

Second in 2012 Grand Prix of Germany…Second in 2013 Grand Prix of Spain… Third in 2013 Intercontinental Cup

(Russia)… Fifth in 2012 Junior World Championships…Fifth in 2013 Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland)…Seventh in

2014 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Seventh in 2014 Ali Aliev Tournament (Russia)… (following achievement

for Russia) 2009 Cadet European champion…Born January 17, 1992…Age 23

86 kg/189 lbs – Gamzat Osmanov



Fifth in 2014 World Championship…2014 Grand Prix of Germany champion…2014 Dan Kolov International

champion (Bulgaria)…2013 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals champion… Fifth in 2015 Grand Prix of Paris (France)

… Seventh in 2014 European Championship… (following achievement for Russia) 2009 Cadet European

champion…Born October 14, 1993…Age 21

125 kg/275 lbs – Jamaladdin Magomedov

Third in 2011 World Championship… 2012 Olympian…Third in 2011 and 2013 European Championships…Second in 2009 Junior World Championships…2014 Dan Kolov International (Bulgaria)…2013 Ziolkowski

Memorial champion (Poland)…Second in 2015 Grand Prix of Paris (France)…Third in 2011 and 2013 FILA

Golden Grand Prix Finals… Third in 2013 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)…Third in 2012 World Cup…Second in 2010

FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…2009 Junior European champion… following achievements for Russia) Second in

2008 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals… Third in 2007 Junior European Championship…Born March 14, 1989…

Age 25

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