Zaur Jafarov

Zaur Aliaga ogly Jafarov, born on 5 September 1982, is an Azerbaijani powerlifter who holds the title of Honored master of sports of Azerbaijan. He is a seven-time world champion and seven-time European champion, an absolute world and absolute European champion, a World Cup winner, a world and European record holder in the AWPC doping control division, an international class judge and a nine-time champion of the republic. At the 2022 World Cup in Russia he became the first athlete in Azerbaijani powerlifting to win the title of Elite athlete under the AWPC doping control division, and he earned that title a second time at the 2023 European Championships in Kyrgyzstan.