Gultaj Mammadaliyeva was born on 20 September 1999, in Sumgait.[1] Before transitioning to professional judo, she played football professionally, representing various Azerbaijani teams such as U-15, U-17, U-19, and U-21.[2] She played for the Sumgait football club.[3]
At the 2017 European Junior Championships in Maribor, Mammadaliyeva won a bronze medal. In November 2018, she became the champion of Azerbaijan in the senior category. In April 2019, she claimed a bronze medal at the Antalya Grand Prix. In June of the same year, she won the European Open tournament in Cluj-Napoca. In November 2019, she earned a silver medal at the African Open in Yaoundé.
In 2020, at the European U23 Championships in Poreč, Mammadaliyeva won a silver medal. In March 2023, she secured a bronze medal at the Tbilisi Grand Slam. In May of the same year, she won a bronze medal at the Linz Grand Prix[4] and a silver medal at the 2023 Dushanbe Grand Prix in June. That same month, she also won a bronze medal at the Astana Grand Slam, defeating Amber Ryheul from Belgium in the third-place match.[5]
In July, Mammadaliyeva finished fifth at the Summer Universiade in Chengdu, where she was one of the flag bearers for the Azerbaijani delegation during the opening ceremony. She began the tournament with a win over an Italian athlete but lost in the quarterfinals to a judoka from Uzbekistan. In the repechage block, she defeated a competitor from France, but in the bronze medal match, she lost to German judoka Annika Würfel.[6]
In November 2023, at the European Championships in Montpellier, Mammadaliyeva reached the quarterfinals but was defeated by Olympic champion Distria Krasniqi from Kosovo. In the repechage match, she lost to Hungarian judoka Réka Pupp, finishing in seventh place.[7]
Her personal coach is Zaur Rajabli.[8]
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