Bilalhabashi Nazarov has made history in Azerbaijani boxing.

Axar.az reports, citing the press service of the Azerbaijan Boxing Federation, that the 18-year-old member of the national team achieved this feat at the U-19 European Championship held in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

He became the first Azerbaijani boxer to win the European champion title twice among youth. A year ago, Nazarov, who was named the strongest of the continent in Poreč, Croatia, rose to the highest step of the podium for the second time in a row without knowing an opponent in Ostrava. The graduate of the Astara boxing school won both gold medals under the leadership of the national team's head coach, Elbrus Rzayev.

The European Championship in the Czech Republic was also significant for our female boxers. For the first time in the country's history, our team won a medal, and two at once. In the national team, headed by Ilkin Agayev, Banuchicek Nasirli (48 kg) won silver, and Ilkana Ahmadova (+80 kg) won bronze.

The Azerbaijani national team broke a 16-year streak by winning 5 medals at the U-19 European Championship. This came after 13 continental championships.

It should be noted that other medals for our team were won by Zidan Humbatov (55 kg) and Subhan Babayev (60 kg). They took 3rd place at the European Championship.