GASIMOV Ramil

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Men -73 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Men -73 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
3	Men -73 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
European Championships
1	Men's Team	2017	Walsall, GBR
3	Men -73 kg	2019	Genoa, ITA
3	Men -73 kg	2017	Walsall, GBR

Ganja State University, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani, Russian

Ibrahim Ibrahimov [national], AZE

His brother Amil Gasimov has represented Azerbaijan in sambo wrestling and won gold in the 74kg category at the 2014 World Championships in Narita, Japan. (azerisport.com, 30 Sep 2016; report.az, 23 Nov 2014)

Prior to switching to Para judo, he competed in fully-sighted judo and represented Azerbaijan in the -66kg category at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Apr 2021; azerisport.com, 30 Sep 2016)

2013 for Azerbaijan, European Championships in Eger, Hungary (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

He began the sport in 2006 at age 25 and switched to Para judo in 2013. (azerisport.com, 30 Sep 2016; IJF, 17 Nov 2015)

He switched to Para judo as his vision began to deteriorate. "My eyesight was weak before and gradually it got worse. The doctors checked me and I was invited to join the National Paralympic Committee." (azerisport.com, 30 Sep 2016)

Winning gold in the -73kg category at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (azerisport.com, 30 Sep 2016)

Azerbaijani Para judoka Ilham Zakiyev. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

His family. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

In recognition of the gold medal he won at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he received the Shohrat Order [Order of Glory] from the president of Azerbaijan. (president.az, 21 Sep 2016)