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Gultaj Mammadaliyeva

Mammadaliyeva at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Gültac Məmmədəliyeva
Born	20 September 1999 (1999-09-20) (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Judo (Women's Team)

Gultaj Mais gizi Mammadaliyeva (Azerbaijani: Gültac Mais qızı Məmmədəliyeva; born 20 September 1999) is an Azerbaijani judoka, a member of the Azerbaijan national judo team, a two-time medalist at the Grand Slam tournaments, a three-time Grand Prix medalist, a bronze medalist in the team event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. Mammadaliyeva represented Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris as the flagbearer.

Biography

Gultaj Mammadaliyeva was born on 20 September 1999, in Sumgait. Before transitioning to professional judo, she played football professionally, representing various Azerbaijani teams such as U-15, U-17, U-19, and U-21. She played for the Sumgait football club.

At the 2017 European Junior Championships in Maribor, Mammadaliyeva won a bronze medal. In November 2018, she became the champion of Azerbaijan in the senior category. In April 2019, she claimed a bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Antalya. In June of the same year, she won the European Open tournament in Cluj-Napoca. In November 2019, she earned a silver medal at the African Open in Yaoundé.

In 2020, at the European U23 Championships in Poreč, Mammadaliyeva won a silver medal. In March 2023, she secured a bronze medal at the Grand Slam tournament in Tbilisi. In May of the same year, she won a bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Linz and a silver medal at the Grand Prix in Dushanbe in June 2023. That same month, she also won a bronze medal at the Grand Slam tournament in Astana, defeating Amber Ryheul from Belgium in the third-place match.

In July, Mammadaliyeva finished fifth at the Summer Universiade in Chengdu, where she was one of the flag bearers for the Azerbaijani delegation during the opening ceremony. She began the tournament with a win over an Italian athlete but lost in the quarterfinals to a judoka from Uzbekistan. In the repechage block, she defeated a competitor from France, but in the bronze medal match, she lost to German judoka Annika Würfel.

In November 2023, at the European Judo Championships in Montpellier, Mammadaliyeva reached the quarterfinals but was defeated by Olympic champion Distria Krasniqi from Kosovo. In the repechage match, she lost to Hungarian judoka Réka Pupp, finishing in seventh place.

Her personal coach is Zaur Rajabli.

References

1. "Futbolu cüdoya qurban verən qız". Archived from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
2. "Гюльтадж МАМЕДАЛИЕВА: Не собираюсь уступать олимпийскую лицензию. Во что бы то ни стало завоюю ее". Archived from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
3. "U 17-lər Türkiyəyə yola düşür". Archived from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
4. "Сборная Азербайджана по дзюдо завершила Гран-при с тремя медалями". Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
5. Азербайджанская дзюдоистка Гюльтадж Мамедалиева заняла третье место на турнире «Большой шлем» в Казахстане
6. "Наджафов и Алиева выиграли бронзу Универсиады". Archived from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
7. "Золотой Монпелье. Азербайджанские дзюдоисты стали королями Европы". Archived from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
8. Азербайджанский тренер: На Олимпиаде нет большой разницы между 3-м и 5-м местами

• 1999 births
• Living people
• Azerbaijani female judoka
• Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics