Oyan Nazariani

Oyan Nazariani (Azerbaijani: Oyan Nəzəriani, Azerbaijani: اویان نظریانی) is an Azerbaijani Beach wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestler^[1] born in Urmia. He has been playing for the Azerbaijani national wrestling team since 2014. He won a gold medal at the international Golden Grand Prix tournament in Baku in 2016, and a silver medal at the 2017 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup in Abadan, Iran.^[2] He is a five-time national champion. In 2019, he was awarded a gold medal at the World Beach Wrestling Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. Since 2020, he is the head coach of the Azerbaijani beach wrestling team.^[3]

Oyan Nazariani

Personal information
Full name	Oyan Nazariani
Born	(1994-08-05) August 5, 1994 (age 30) Urmia, Iran
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Wrestling
Style	Freestyle wrestling Greco-Roman Beach wrestling
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan Wrestling World Cup 2017 Abadan 130 kg World Beach Wrestling Championship 2019 Zagreb +90 2021 Constanța +90 ANOC World Beach Games 2019 Doha +90 kg Open Cup of European Nations 2015 Moscow 130 kg 2016 Moscow 130 kg Golden Grand Prix 2016 Baku 130 Azerbaijani Championship 2015 Baku 130 2016 Baku 130 2017 Baku 130 2018 Baku 130 2019 Baku 130

Personal life and education

Oyan Nazariani was born in 1994 in the city of Urmia, Iran. After graduating from high school in Urmia, he studied law at Mahabad Azad University.

Career

He has been wrestling since 2003. In 2011, he took third place in the Iranian youth championship. After that, he was invited to the Iranian wrestling team. In 2013, he won a bronze medal as a member of the Iranian national team at the Salvation Tournament in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. He moved to Azerbaijan in 2014 and began to represent Azerbaijan in tournaments.^[4] In 2014, he won a gold medal at the national championship among youth in Azerbaijan, a silver medal at the international tournament for the AWF Cup,^[5] a gold medal at the international tournament for the Nakhchivan Cup,^[6] and a silver medal at the international tournament in Dagestan. Later that year, he competed at the European Junior Wrestling Championships in Katowice, Poland,^[7] and at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.^[8] In 2015, he participated in the U-23 European Wrestling Championship in Walbrzych, Poland,^[9] won a silver medal at the European Wrestling Cup in Moscow,^[10] Russia, and a gold medal at the Azerbaijani Championship.^[11] In 2016, he finished third in the European Nations Cup^[12] and first in the Golden Grand Prix international tournament.^[13][14] He won a silver medal at the 2017 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup in Abadan, Iran.^[2] In 2015,^[11] 2016, 2017, and 2018, he became the champion of Azerbaijan in the weight category of 130 kg. In February 2019, he took second place in the Vehbi Emre and Hamit Kaplan Memorial Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, and won a silver medal.^[15][16] In September 2019, Oyan Nazariani won the world championship cup in the finals of the Beach Wrestling World Series in Zagreb, Croatia.^[17][18]

Coaching career

On September 21, 2020, he was appointed head coach of the Azerbaijani beach wrestling team.^[3] On September 11, 2021, the European Junior Beach Wrestling Championship was held in Katerini, Greece. Under the leadership of Oyan Nazariani, each of the four athletes representing Azerbaijan at the championship was awarded various medals.^[19] They won a total of 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.^[20] The national team of Azerbaijan took the third place in the team event among juniors in this competition.

On September 26, 2021, the World Junior Beach Wrestling Championship was held in Constanța, Romania. Each of the four athletes representing Azerbaijan at the championship, led by Oyan Nazariani, was awarded various medals. They won a total of 2 gold and 2 silver medals.^[21] Among juniors, they were awarded third place in the team standings.^[22]

Oyan Nazariani and Ibrahim Yusubov each won silver medals at the World Beach Wrestling Championship among adults held in Constanța, Romania on September 25–26, 2021.^[23]

Major results

Yarış	Azerbaijan
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021
Wrestling World Cup			6	2[2]
Open Cup of European Nations		2[10]	3[12]
Golden Grand Prix			1[14]
World Beach Wrestling Championship						1	2
Senior U23 World Championships				8[24]
U23 European Championship		7[25]	10[26]	12[27]
World Junior Championships	8[8]
European Junior Championships	5[7]
2019 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament						2[15]
Azerbaijani Championship	3	1[11]	1	1	1	1
Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation Cup	2[5]
Nakhchivan Cup	1[6]

References

1. "Oyan Nazariani". uww.org. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
2. "Greco-Roman World Cup" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
3. "Azərbaycan Güləş Federasiyasının iclası keçirilib". awf.az. September 21, 2020. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
4. "İdman hamı üçün" (in Azerbaijani). Space TV. September 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via YouTube.
5. "Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation Cup 2014" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. April 22, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
6. "Final stage of Nakhchivan Cup youth freestyle wrestling tournament opens". Azerbaijan State News Agency. May 5, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
7. "European Junior Championships – Results Men 2014". the-sports.org. June 2014. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
8. "World Championship 2014 – Junior" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
9. "Open Cup of European Nations, Alrosa Cup" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
10. "Yığma komandalarımız güləş üzrə U-23 Avropa çempionatında tam heyətlə iştirak edəcək" (in Azerbaijani). trend.az. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
11. "Böyüklərin Azərbaycan çempionatında son günün nəticələri" (in Azerbaijani). awf.az. December 27, 2015. Archived from the original on November 24, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
12. ""Alrosa" Intercontinental Cup" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
13. "QQP-2016: yunan-Roma güləşçilərimiz 4 qızıl, 1 gümüş və 2 bürünc medal qazandı" (in Azerbaijani). awf.az. November 26, 2016. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
14. "Golden Grand Prix Final" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
15. "37 th VEHBI EMRE & HAMIT KAPLAN TOURNAMENT" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. February 1–3, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
16. "Murad Məmmədov İstanbulda çempion oldu" (in Azerbaijani). awf.az. February 3, 2019. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
17. "Oyan Nəzəriani Zaqrebdə çempion oldu" (in Azerbaijani). awf.az. September 7, 2019. Archived from the original on September 16, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
18. "Zagreb Beach Wrestling World Series Final – Sep 2019" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
19. "Çimərlik güləşçilərimiz Avropa çempionatında 4 medal qazanıblar" (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan State News Agency. September 13, 2021. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
20. "Katerini Beach Wrestling World Series" (PDF). uww.org. September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
21. "Çimərlik güləşçimiz Hüseyn Əliyev dünya çempionu olub" (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan State News Agency. September 23, 2021. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
22. "Constanta Beach Wrestling World Series FINAL" (PDF). uww.org. September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
23. "İki çimərlik güləşçimiz dünya ikincisi olub" (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan State News Agency. September 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
24. "Senior U23 World Championships" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
25. "U23 European Championship" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
26. "U23 European Championship" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
27. "U23 Senior European Championships" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

External links

• Performance at the 2016 World Cup
• Performance at the 2016 Golden Grand Prix
• The final match of the 2018 Azerbaijan Championship
• Beach wrestling 1/2 final match in 2019
• The final match of Beach Wrestling in 2019