Ramil Guliyev (; born 29 May 1990) is an Azerbaijani-bornГоспода чиновники, извинитесь перед Рамилем Гулиевым! Turkish sprinter. He competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.Azərbaycan atleti Ramil Quliyev dünya çempionatına mübarizə aparacaq Рамиль Гулиев завоевал вторую золотую медаль для Азербайджана на Универсиаде At the 2017 World Championships, Guliyev became the World Champion in the 200 metres, winning Turkey's first ever gold medal in the World Championships. His club is Fenerbahçe Athletics. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the European Championships.
Career He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.Minshull, Phil (2009-07-25). Lemaître sets European Junior 100m record - Euro Jnr Champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-25. He also competed in Berlin at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, finishing seventh at the age of 19 when Usain Bolt set his world record at 200 m.
He holds the national and national junior records in both events. He is also the 200 m European junior record holder and national junior record holder in the 60 metres.Jalaka, Mirko. Ramil Guliyev Azerbaijan . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-07-17. His 200 m time is the second fastest by a junior athlete, after Usain Bolt's 19.93 sec.Mulkeen, John (2009-08-08). Men's 200m - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-08. He came second in the men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award for his achievements in 2009.France's Lemaître named men's European Athletics Rising Star . European Athletics (2009-09-28). Retrieved on 2009-10-31.
Move to Turkey In April 2011, the IAAF enacted a transfer delay in line with its international rules, banning Guliyev from representing any country other than Azerbaijan until April 2014. The runner argued that the training and financial support that he received in Turkey was significant, and that the people, language, and culture were very similar between the two countries, though his home federation remained open to him representing Azerbaijan internationally again.Minshull, Phil (2011-05-20). Ramil Guliyev to miss Worlds, Olympics as transfer turns sour. Universal Sports. Retrieved on 2011-05-31. Following negotiations with the Azerbaijani Ministry of Youth and Sports, Guliyev confirmed his original decision not to compete for Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov explained this by Guliyev's putting forward too unreasonable financial demands for a young athlete and expressed doubt that Guliyev's representation of Turkey in the 2012 Summer Olympics would be successful.Azad Rahimov: Guliyev Requires Too Much. 1news.az. 4 July 2012.
In June 2014, he competed at the European Athletics Team Championships Super League for Turkey in Braunschweig, Germany, and won the bronze medal in the 100 metres event with 10.37 and the silver medal in the 200 metres event with 20.57.
On September 8, 2015, he ran the 200 metres race, part of the Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb timed in 19.88. At the time that ranked him tied for the 34th best performer of all time and #6 for 2015. In July 2017, he became the second white person in history to have officially broken the 10-second barrier in terms of speed after Christophe Lemaitre.Mirzoev, O. M. "WORLD STRONGEST 200M SPRINTERS’COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS." Theory and Practice of Physical Culture 11 (2018): 9-9.
On August 10, 2017, he won the men's 200 metre race at the London 2017 IAAF World Championship in a time of 20.09.
After his historic success he stated that "if not for Fenerbahçe, I would have probably quit athletics a long time ago. All my achievements are thanks to my club."
He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships with a time 19.76 s, setting the new championships record.European Championships 2018: Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake wins 200m silver. bbc.com. 9 August 2018.
Coach Guliyev's second coach was Eldar Guliyev. He was trained by his father until the latter's death from a heart attack in June 2010.Чемпионат Европы без Рамиля Гулиева Azərbaycanlı sprinterin atası vəfat edib
Statistics Personal bests EventTimeCompetitionVenueDateNotes60 metres6.58Sumy, Ukraine13 January 2012100 metres9.97Turkish Club ChampionshipsBursa, Turkey6 July 2017200 metres19.76European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany9 August 2018 300 metres32.61Folksam Grand PrixKarlstad, Sweden27 July 20164 × 100 metres relay37.98European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12 August 20184 × 200 metres relay1:23.55World RelaysNassau, Bahamas3 May 2015 All information from IAAF profile.
International competitions Representing 2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China58th (h)100 m10.912007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic2nd200 m20.72European Youth Olympic FestivalBelgrade, Serbia1st100 m10.50 1st200 m20.98 2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain27th (h)60 m6.84World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th200 m21.00Olympic GamesBeijing, China24th (qf)200 m20.66 2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy7th60 m6.67UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia1st200 m20.04 European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia2nd100 m10.161st200 m20.33 World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th200 m20.61Representing 2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey2nd100 m10.23 2nd200 m20.46 UniversiadeKazan, Russia8th (sf)200 m20.842014European Team ChampionshipsBraunschweig, Germany3rd100 m10.372nd200 m20.5711th4 × 100 m relay40.25Balkan ChampionshipsPitești, Romania1st100 m10.241st200 m21.04European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland –100 m6th200 m20.4814th (h)4 × 100 m relay39.83 2015World RelaysNassau, Bahamas9th (h)4 × 200 m relay1:23.55 European Team ChampionshipsHeraklion, Greece1st200 m20.67 UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea3rd100 m10.163rd200 m20.59 Balkan ChampionshipsPitești, Romania1st200 m20.591st4 × 100 m relay39.35 World ChampionshipsBeijing, China6th200 m20.112016Balkan ChampionshipsPitești, Romania1st100 m10.301st200 m20.98European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6th100 m10.232nd200 m20.5114th (h)4 × 100 m relay39.58Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th200 m20.4310th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.30 2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan1st100 m10.06 1st200 m20.08 2nd4 × 100 m relay39.56 European Team Championships Vaasa, Finland 1st 200 m 20.20 World ChampionshipsLondon, England1st200 m20.097th4 × 100 m relay38.732018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain1st200 m20.15 2nd4 × 100 m relay38.50European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany1st200 m19.76 2nd4 × 100 m relay37.98 Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd 200 m 20.2812nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.9612019World RelaysYokohama, Japan7th4 × 100 m relay39.13World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th200 m20.07 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2021World RelaysChorzów, Poland14th (h)4 × 100 m relay39.59Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan14th (sf)200 m20.31 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2022Mediterranean GamesOran, Algeria2nd100 m10.161st200 m20.212nd4 × 100 m relay38.98Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2nd200 m20.241st4 × 100 m relay38.74European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9th (sf)200 m20.4422023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary38th (h)200 m20.892024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy17th (sf)200 m20.87 1Representing Europe
2Did not finish in the final
Circuit wins
200 m IAAF Diamond League Stockholm: 2018 Paris: 2017 Birmingham: 2017 Oslo: 2018 Doha: 2019
4 × 100 m relay IAAF Diamond League Stockholm: 2016
Track records As of 6 September 2024, Guliyev holds the following track records for 100 metres and 200 metres.
100 metres LocationTimeWindspeedm/sDate Baku 10.06 +0.6 16/05/2017
200 metres LocationTimeWindspeedm/sDate Bursa 20.13 +2.2 07/07/2017 Šamorín 19.98 +7.1 17/06/2017 Zagreb 19.88 –0.4 08/09/2015
World Rankings Guiliyev was ranked among the best in the world in the 200 m sprint event in 2009 and in the period 2015 to 2019, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.
Representing Azerbaijan: +200 metersYearWorld rank2009 9th
Representing Turkey: +200 metersYearWorld rank2015 7th2016 -2017 1st2018 2nd2019 3rd
Awards 2017 Turkish Athlete of the Year 2018 Turkish Athlete of the Year
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