Career
He was selected to compete for the Azerbajian Olympic squad in the 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics, after posting his own personal best in 1:46.64 from the national athletics meet in Baku. He surpassed Bolivia"s Fadrique Iglesias to cross the finish line in heat one of the prelims by seventy-six hundredths of a second (076), failing to advance further into the semifinals with a seventh-place time in 1:51.11. Shukurov currently resides in Istanbul, Turkey, where he works as an international relations officer for Fenerbahçe Sports Club (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü).
