Nazim Tahir oğlu Babayev (born 8 October 1997) is an Azerbaijani track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump and long jump.
Biography
In 2015, he won the triple jump competition at 2015 European Games in Baku. A month later, Babayev set a championship record, national junior record and world junior lead when he leaped 17.04m in the triple jump at 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning the gold medal. Babayev competed in the men's triple jump in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Competition record Representing 2013European Youth Olympic FestivalUtrecht, Netherlands1stTriple jump15.53 m2014Youth Olympic GamesNanjing, China3rdTriple Jump15.96 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic17th (q)Triple jump15.92 mEuropean Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden1stTriple jump17.04 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States8thTriple jump16.43 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands23rd (q)Triple jump16.06 m (w)World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland15th (q)Triple jump15.74 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil25th (q)Triple jump16.38 m2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan9thLong jump7.30 m1stTriple jump17.15 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland1stTriple jump17.18 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom14th (q)Triple jump16.61 mUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan1stTriple jump17.01 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4thTriple jump16.76 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom1stTriple jump17.29 mUniversiadeNaples, Italy1stTriple jump16.89 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden2ndTriple jump17.03 m (w)World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar19th (q)Triple jump16.65 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan15th (q)Triple jump16.72 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia8thTriple jump16.55 mIslamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey11thLong jump7.15 m5thTriple jump16.06 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany –Triple jumpNM2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5thTriple jump16.50 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy29th (q)Long jump6.92 m2025Islamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia5thLong jump7.30 m5thTriple jump16.01 m
References
External links
Nazim Babayev at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (archived)