HAJI ALIYEV
Wrestling
«I was born in the city of Nakhchivan on April 21, 1991. My brother Yashar Aliyev is also a wrestler and has a number of sporting titles. I am married and have one daughter. I went to school at No.12 in Nakhchivan. After graduating from school, we moved to Baku so that I could pursue wrestling at a professional level and started at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sports. My first success was winning a silver medal at the European Junior Championship in 2008. In 2011, I won a silver medal at the European Junior Championship. In 2012, I won the team silver medal in the Wrestling World Cup in Baku; I won all of the competitions there and received a special gold medal from the International Wrestling Federation. In 2013, I won a bronze medal at the Universiade in Kazan, part of the Russian Federation. In 2014, I won both European and world champion titles».