SAFAROV Orkhan

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-60 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5

World Championships

Year	Location	-60 kg	-66 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	-	5
2018	Baku, AZE	9	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	2	-
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	9	-
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3	-

European Championships

Year	Location	-60 kg	-66 kg
2021	Lisbon, POR	-	9
2020	Prague, CZE	-	1
2019	Minsk, BLR	9	-
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	-	5
2017	Warsaw, POL	3	-

World Masters

Year	Location	-66 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	17
2019	Qingdao, CHN	17

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-66 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	2x	-
2020	-66 kg	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	-60 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2019	-66 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	1x	-	2x	-
2018	-66 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2017	-60 kg	-	-	2x	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	-66 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	-60 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	-66 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2018	-66 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-66 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-66 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-66 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2018	-66 kg	World Cup	Oberwart, AUT
2	2019	-66 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
3	2020	-66 kg	Grand Slam	Budapest, HUN
3	2017	-60 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
3	2017	-60 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
5	2021	-66 kg	Grand Slam	Antalya, TUR
7	2020	-66 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
7	2020	-66 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
7	2019	-60 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
7	2019	-66 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR

Playing video games, watching movies. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

Athlete, Student

Coaching - Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport, Baku, AZE

Azerbaijani, Russian

Neftchi Sports Club [Baku, AZE]

Ruslan Mashurenko [national], UKR; Elkhan Mammadov [national], AZE

He took up the sport in Nikolskoye, Russian Federation, and began competing in 2000. (br.az, 01 Jul 2015; baku2015.com, 25 Jun 2015)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

Winning gold in the -66kg category at the 2020 European Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2021; Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

Japanese judoka Tadahiro Nomura. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

His family. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

He was named the 2020 Sportsman of the Year at the ZAFER International Sports Awards organised by the Sportsman magazine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan. (Instagram profile, 29 Jan 2021)

In recognition of the silver medal he won in the -60kg category at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he received the Taraggi [Progress] Medal from the president of Azerbaijan. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2021; ru.president.az, 29 Jun 2015)