Azerbaijan won its first medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
30-year-old judoka Iryna Kindzerska, who competed in the 78 kg + weight category, defeated her Chinese rival, Xu Shiyan, and won a bronze medal.
At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Rustam Orujov (73 kg) has the highest result of 9 members of the Azerbaijani team. He took 5th place in the competition.