ORUJOV Rustam

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-73 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2
2012	London, GBR	9

World Championships

Year	Location	-73 kg	Team X
2019	Tokyo, JPN	2	-
2018	Baku, AZE	9	5
2017	Budapest, HUN	2	-
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	7	-
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	33	-

European Championships

Year	Location	-73 kg	Team
2020	Prague, CZE	3	-
2019	Minsk, BLR	2	9
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	9	-
2017	Warsaw, POL	3	5

World Masters

Year	Location	-73 kg
2019	Qingdao, CHN	3
2018	Guangzhou, CHN	1
2017	St. Petersburg, RUS	7

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	-73 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-73 kg	1x	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-73 kg	-	-	2x	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-73 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-73 kg	-	-	2x	1x	-	-	-	-	-

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

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-73 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-73 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-81 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2017	-73 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Budapest, HUN
1	2017	-73 kg	Grand Prix	Zagreb, CRO
2	2019	-73 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
2	2018	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2021	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Tashkent, UZB
3	2020	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2019	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
3	2019	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2018	-73 kg	Grand Prix	Zagreb, CRO
3	2017	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
3	2017	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE

Travel, fishing. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2020)

Athlete, Student

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

Wife Elnara Orujova, one son, one daughter. (Facebook profile, 30 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 12 Aug 2020)

Azerbaijani, English, Russian

Neftchi Sports Club [Baku, AZE]

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

He took up judo at age eight at the Sambo 2000 Judo Club in Ust-Ilimsk, Russian Federation. (eju.net, 28 Mar 2016)

"At the age of seven I went to play chess, but it was not for me and, shortly after I turned eight years old, my grandmother took me to judo. After that, I could not imagine a day without judo. Judo taught me to be able to make decisions quicker and boosted my self-confidence as well as my perseverance." (eju.net, 28 Mar 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2020)

Winning silver in the -73kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2021; Athlete, 24 Feb 2020)

His father. (Athlete, 24 Feb 2020)

"Fight to the end. Pain is temporary, triumph is eternal." (Instagram profile, 11 Jun 2021)

In June 2021 he was selected to be the flag bearer for Azerbaijan at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (azernews.az, 25 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 25 Jun 2021)

In recognition of his performances at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he received the Order for Service to the Fatherland [third class] from the president of Azerbaijan. (president.az, 01 Sep 2016)