[5][6] He also won a gold medal at the 2009 European Youth Championship in Yerevan, after defeating Lukáš Krpálek in the final.

[1] Gasimov narrowly missed out on a second bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, losing to Aaron Wolf with 33 seconds left in the bronze medal match.

Elmar Gasimov won a gold medal at the Tbilisi and Samsun Grand Prix in 2015, and a bronze medal at the Qingdao, Jeju and Tokyo Grand Prix.

At the opening ceremony of these competitions, the flag bearer of Azerbaijan was Elmar Gasimov.

Elmar Gasimov placed 5th at the 2016 European Championships held in Kazan, Russia.