Zaur Jafarov

Zaur Aliaga ogly Jafarov (Azerbaijani: Zaur Aliaga ogly Jafarov; born September 5, 1982) is an Azerbaijani powerlifter, Honored Master of Sports of Azerbaijan,[1] eight-time champion of Azerbaijan, four-time world and four-time European champion.

Zaur Jafarov
Born
Zaur Aliaga ogly Jafarov

(1982-09-05) September 5, 1982
Sumgait, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Biography

Education

Born on September 5, 1982, in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait. He received his secondary education at the Lyceum of Technical and Natural Sciences No.32 of Sumgait city. In 1998–2002, he studied at the Faculty of Engineering and Management of the Azerbaijan Technical University, receiving a bachelor's degree. In 2002–2004, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Azerbaijan Economic University, after graduating from the magistracy of which he received a diploma with honors. In 2004–2007 he received his third higher education at Sumgait State University, after which he defended his doctoral dissertation in the specialty "personnel management in the agricultural sector".

Family

Jafarov is married and lives in Baku. He has three sons.

Sports career

Since 1997, he began to play sports professionally, later starting to take part in the republican championships in powerlifting. In his debut, 2010, he climbed to the highest step of the podium. The Azerbaijan Powerlifting Federation has attracted Zaur Jafarov to the national team. In 2015, he was selected "Sportsman of the Year".[2]

Achievements
Date Competition Location
Weight
category		 Medal
2011 World championship York, Pennsylvania,US 110 кг 1
2014 Europe championship[3] Baku, Azerbaijan 100 кг 2
2017 Heydar Aliyev International Tournament Baku, Azerbaijan 110 кг 1
2017 World championship[4] Dolgoprudny, Russia 125 кг 1
2017 World championship[5][6] Dolgoprudny, Russia 125 кг 3
2018 Heydar Aliyev International Tournament Baku, Azerbaijan 110 кг 1
2018 Europe championship[7] Sochi, Russia 110 кг 1
2018 Europe championship[8] Sochi, Russia 110 кг 1
2018 World championship[9][10] Orlando, Florida, US 110 кг 1
2019 Heydar Aliyev International Tournament[11] Baku, Azerbaijan 110 кг 1
2019 Europe championship[12] Sochi, Russia 110 кг 1
2019 Europe championship[13] Sochi, Russia 110 кг 1
2019 World championship[14] Lahti, Finland 110 кг 1
2019 World championship[15] Lahti, Finland 110 кг 1

References
  1. (in Azerbaijani)2020-ci ildə idman sahəsində fəxri ad alanların sayı
  2. (in Azerbaijani)VI Beynəlxalq The First Mükafatları – FOTOLAR
  3. European Championships 2014
  4. WPC Worlds/bp-soft 2017
  5. WPC Worlds/bp-sp 2017
  6. World Championship WPC single-ply benchpressDolgoprudniy, Russia 03-05 November 2017
  7. 2018/ European Championships/bp-sp-pro 2018
  8. 2018/ European Championships/bp-soft-pro-2pl 2018
  9. World Championships/bp-sp 2018
  10. (in Russian)Четыре азербайджанца стали чемпионами мира в США Archived August 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  11. (in Azerbaijani)Pauerliftinq üzrə dördqat dünya çempionu Zaur Cəfərov növbəti qələbəsini qazanıb
  12. European Championship Olympia – 6/bp-soft-pro 2019
  13. European Championship Olympia – 6/bp-equip-pro 2019
  14. World Championships /bp-sp 2019
  15. World Championships /absolute men 2019
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