Alibay Shukurov

Alibay Shukurov
Personal information
Full name	Alibay Shukurov
Nationality	Azerbaijan
Born	2 May 1977 (age 44); [Baku],; , Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 1:46.64 (2004); 1500 m: 3:45.81 (2004)

Alibay Shukurov (Azerbaijani: Əlibəy Şükürov; born 2 May 1977 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a retired Azerbaijani middle-distance runner, who specialised in both the 800 metres and the 1500 metres.^[1] He was selected to compete for the Azerbaijan Olympic squad in the 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics, after posting his own personal best in 1:46.64 from the national athletics meet in Baku.^[2]

Shukurov qualified for the Azerbaijani squad in the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining a personal record and an Olympic B-standard entry time of 1:46.64 from the national athletics meet in Baku.^[2] He surpassed Bolivia's Fadrique Iglesias to cross the finish line in heat one of the prelims by seventy-six hundredths of a second (0.76), failing to advance further into the semifinals with a seventh-place time in 1:51.11.^[3]

Shukurov currently resides in Istanbul, Turkey, where he works as an international relations officer for Fenerbahçe Sports Club (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü).^[4]

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alibay Shukurov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Athens 2004: Athletics – Entry List by NOC Men" (PDF). Athens 2004. IAAF. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 1". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
^ Akman, Özgür (5 September 2009). "Alışverişkolik milli atlet: Karin Melis Mey" [Shopaholic national athletes: Karin Melis Mey] (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 15 October 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Alibay Shukurov at World Athletics

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alibay Shukurov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[shukurov-athens-2] "Athens 2004: Athletics – Entry List by NOC Men" (PDF). Athens 2004. IAAF. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[3] "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 1". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

[4] Akman, Özgür (5 September 2009). "Alışverişkolik milli atlet: Karin Melis Mey" [Shopaholic national athletes: Karin Melis Mey] (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 15 October 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

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