Hidayat Heidarov

Hidayat Heydərov (Azerbaijani: Hidayət Heydərov, July 27, 1997 -) was born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and is an Azerbaijani male judoka. He moved to Baku, Azerbaijan with his family when he was three years old. When he was about five or six years old, his father took him to a sports school and started practicing judo. In 2017, he made his first appearance at the Senior World Championships, but lost in the bronze medal match and finished fifth. At the 2018 World Championships in Baku, he competed at home and won the bronze medal, his first World Championship medal.