# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/afag-sultanova
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:29:16.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/afag-sultanova"
name: "Afag Sultanova"
slug: "afag-sultanova"
description: "Afag Sultanova is a visually impaired Azerbaijani Paralympic judoka. She started in karate, but took up judo at thirteen. She originally competed as an able-bodied individual and had success in it. She was European Youth and World Champion in 2008. After an injury impaired her vision she considered giving up judo, but was later inspired by the story of fellow Azerbaijani judoka Ilham Zakiyev to return as a Paralympian. She went on to win a gold medal in Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics."
tagline: "Azerbaijani judoka"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Afag_Sultanova_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics_6.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1987-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.48
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.401152
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afag_Sultanova"
    title: "Afag Sultanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "افاج سولتانوڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afaq_Sultanova"
    title: "Afaq Sultanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afag_Sultanova"
    title: "Afag Sultanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afaq_Sultanova"
    title: "Afaq Sultanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "آفاق صلطانوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afag_Sultanova"
    title: "Afag Sultanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%92_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%90"
    title: "აფაგ სულთანოვა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%84_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%8B"
    title: "Султанова, Афаг Вагиф кызы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afag_Sultanova"
    title: "Afag Sultanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%84-%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Султанова Афаг Вагіф-кизи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4445732"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump