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Namig Abdullayev




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Namig Abdullayev (born 12 June , 1972 in Baku ) is an Azerbaijan i Wrestler . He is a three-time Olympian competing at several Summer Olympic s; Abdullayev won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Mens Freestyle 52 kg and the gold in the Men's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics . He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics , but was eliminated early.

Abdullayev is perhaps best known in the United States for his controversial 2000 Olympic gold-medal match against American Sammie Henson http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2000/writing/over250.gamer.third.html.