Toghrul Shahriyar oghlu Asgarov (; born on September 17, 1992, Ganja, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is an Olympic and European champion in freestyle wrestling.

In 2012 Summer Olympics Toghrul Asgarov won Olympic wrestling gold medal in men's 60-kilogram freestyle, beating Besik Kudukhov of Russia by a score of (1-0, 5-0).

Toghrul Asgarov

In May 2017, he was disqualified for one year due to the doping rules violation (higenamine).

Toghrul Asgarov

References

External links

Bio on Fila-Wrestling.com

Video about career of Toghrul Asgarov

Living people

1992 births

Sportspeople from Ganja, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers

Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan

Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan

Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan

Olympic medalists in wrestling

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games

European Games medalists in wrestling

European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Doping cases in wrestling

Azerbaijani sportspeople in doping cases

European Wrestling Champions

21st-century Azerbaijani people

Toghrul Asgarov