In 1992, he started to train under the leadership of Alikulu Hasanoglu () in Neftchi Sport Society. He achieved his first success in 1997 when he took second place in the World Championship among juniors. In 1998, Mansurov heavily injured his wrist during the semi-final match with a Cuban athlete. Mansurov won the first place in the men's championship of
Azerbaijan in 2000. A year later, He won gold medal in the World Championship held in
Uzbekistan. In 2003, he won several Grand Prix tournaments and won the license to participate in the
Athens Olympics 2004. At the
2004 Summer Olympics, he won the Olympic Champion title in
Greco-Roman wrestling in the 66 kg weight division. He was unable to train due to his back injury for three years after 2004. In 2007, he returned to the sport and won a gold medal at the World Championship which took place in
Baku and got the license for
2008 Summer Olympics. He fell ill during the
2008 Beijing Olympics and was subsequently defeated. In 2009, he became the World Champion for the second time at the 2009 Herning championships in Denmark. On June 30, 2010, Farid Mansurov announced his retirement from the sport due to his injury in the last World Championship. On the same day, he was appointed as the head coach of the
Greco-Roman wrestling team of
Azerbaijan. ==References==