Jamal Rahimov

Jamal Rahimov is an Azerbaijani equestrian showjumper. He has represented Azerbaijan twice at the Olympic Games: in 2008 [Summer">Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics">2008 [Summer Olympics|2008] and 2012 Summer Olympics|2012].

Career

He started show jumping in 1998 in Istanbul. He graduated from The [Istanbul International Community School].
He is the first showjumper to represent Azerbaijan in the equestrian events at the Olympic Games.

Personal life

He moved to Istanbul with his family, when he was three. He lives in Belgium.
He is the grandson of Hasan Hasanov, the former ambassador of Azerbaijan in Poland.
He has a B.A. in Business Management from the Regent's Business School in London. Rahimov fluently speaks Azerbaijani, English, French, Russian and Turkish. He has a good knowledge of Italian and Portuguese too.

Olympics 2008

At the 2008 Olympic Games Rahimov competed in the Equestrian at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping|individual jumping]. He ended at the second qualification round because he fell from his horse, Ionesco de Brekka who was bought by Rahimov for 1,96 mln euro.

Olympics 2012

At the 2012 Olympic Games Rahimov competed in Equestrian at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping|the same event]. He ended at the second qualification round too.