Dadash Dadashbayli


Dadash Dadashbayli is an Azerbaijani weightlifter. He is the 2024 European champion, a silver medalist at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, and a gold medalist at the 2023 CIS Games.

Career

Dadashbayli was born in the Gobustan District of Azerbaijan. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport in 2018. His first coach was Shamsi Safarli.
He began competing in 2007 at the Azerbaijani Youth Weightlifting Championship. In 2009, he became the national youth champion, and in 2012 won the national silver medal, earning a place on the national team.
At the 2012 European Youth Championships, he placed 9th in the 85 kg category, and later that year finished 13th at the World Youth Championships. In 2013, he competed in the 94 kg class, taking 4th at the World Youth Championships and winning silver at the European U17 Championships.
In 2014, he made his senior debut at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, finishing 13th in the 94 kg division with a total of 365 kg. The following year, he won the European Junior Weightlifting Championships with 382 kg and competed at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, but did not register a total.
At the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, he competed in the 102 kg category. He lifted 177 kg in the snatch to win the small gold medal, and 202 kg in the clean & jerk, finishing 7th in that lift and taking bronze overall with 379 kg.
At the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he won the bronze medal in the 109 kg category with a total of 403 kg, including small bronze medals in both lifts. In August 2023, he won the gold medal at the 2023 CIS Games in Minsk, Belarus. At the 2023 IWF Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar, he won gold in the snatch, silver in the clean & jerk, and overall gold with 388 kg.
At the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won three gold medals in the 109 kg category, lifting 176 kg, 212 kg, and a total of 388 kg. In December 2024, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, he won the silver medal in the 109 kg category with a total of 404 kg. In April 2024, at the 2024 IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand, he won three silver medals with 177 kg + 211 kg = 388 kg. The event also served as a qualification tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics.