Sanan Suleymanov

Sanan Suleymanov (; born 15 December 1996) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 77kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.

Career

Suleymanov competed in the 66kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia without winning a medal. He won his first match against Parviz Nasibov of Ukraine but he was eliminated from the competition by Atakan Yüksel of Turkey. In the final, he lost against Mohammad Reza Geraei of Iran. In 2020, Suleymanov competed in the men's 77kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In March 2021, Suleymanov competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In April 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.

In 2022, Suleymanov won the silver medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.

Suleymanov competed in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where he was eliminated in his first match.

He represented Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He lost his bronze medal match in the 77kg event at the Olympics.

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