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Mehdi Taghavi
Mehdi Taghavi Kermani ( fa, مهدى تقوى كرمانى; born February 20, 1987, in Savadkuh) is an Iranian wrestler. Taghavi was the favorite to win the 2012 London Olympics but was upset in the first round by Cuba's Liván López who ended up winning the bronze. Taghavi had previously beaten Lopez at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he beat Haislan Garcia in the first round, before losing to Ramazan Şahin in the quarterfinals. As Şahin went on to the final, Taghavi took part in the bronze medal repechage where he lost to Geandry Garzón Geandry Garzón Caballero (born November 3, 1983 in Santiago de Cuba) is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight with Otar Tushishvili. He represent .... References External links * 1987 births Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Iran Wrestlers at the 2008 Su ...
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Mazandarani People
The Mazanderani people ( mzn, مازرونیون or mzn, تبریون) or Tabari people ( mzn, تپورون, links=no) are an Iranian peopleAcademic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294 who are indigenous to the Caspian sea region of Iran. They are also referred to as Mazanis for short. They inhabit the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and are part of the historical region known as Tabaristan. The Alborz mountains mark the southern boundary of the area settled by the Mazanderani people. People The Mazanderani number was 4,480,000 in 2019 The Mazanderani number between three and four million (2006 estimate). Their dominant religion is Shi'a Islam.in Mazandaran: Peaceful Coexistence With Persian', Maryam Borjian, Columbia University, page 66. Mazandarani people have a background in the Tabari ethnicity, and speak the Tabari language. Their origin goes back to Tapuri people and Amardi people. Their land was called Tapuria or Tapurestan, the land of Ta ...
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2007 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2007 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event took place from May 8 to May 13, 2007. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 207 competitors from 19 nations competed. * (21) * (4) * (14) * (14) * (4) * (21) * (2) * (20) * (21) * (13) * (6) * (2) * (4) * (20) * (6) * (4) * (8) * (4) * (19) ReferencesResults External linksUWW Database {{Asian Wrestling Championships Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ... W Asian Wrestling Championships W Wrestling in Kyrgyzstan Sport in Bishkek ...
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Wrestlers At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestling is a series of Combat sport, combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throw (grappling), throws and takedown (grappling), takedowns, joint locks, Grappling hold#Pinning hold, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport, combat sports and Military education and training, military systems. The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Wrestling comes in different forms such as freestyle wrestling, freestyle, Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman, judo, Sambo (martial art), sambo, folkstyle wrestling, folkstyle, catch wrestling, catch, submission wrestling, submission, sumo, pehlwani, shuai jiao and others. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (sometimes more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a Grappling position, superior position. There are a wide range of styles with ...
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Olympic Wrestlers For Iran
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Iranian Male Sport Wrestlers
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president o ...
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Living People
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1987 Births
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Geandry Garzón
Geandry Garzón Caballero (born November 3, 1983 in Santiago de Cuba) is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight with Otar Tushishvili. He represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... held in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 74 kg event. References External links * * * * 1983 births Living people Cuban male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 20 ...
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Ramazan Şahin
Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a Russian-Turkey, Turkish freestyle Sport wrestling, wrestler of Chechen people, Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championships, and 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fifth in 2012. From February 2019 head coach of Turkmenistan national wrestling team. Career He competed for the Istanbul-based club Tekelspor, and then transferred to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Born in Khasavyurt in the North Caucasus, North Caucasian federal subject Dagestan of the Soviet union, he emigrated in 2005 to Turkey with the help of his uncle İshak İrbayhanov, manager of the Turkey national freestyle wrestling team. In 2006, Ramazan was naturalized with the initiative of Mehmet Ali Şahin, then Minister responsible for Sports and changed his family name to Şahin in respect of his patron. Coach career After the completion of his sports ...
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Haislan Garcia
Haislan Veranes Garcia (born March 4, 1983) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Competing in the 65–66 kg division, he participated in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics; he reached quarter-finals in 2012, losing to the eventual champion Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. Garcia competed at six world championships, beginning in 2009, and placed fifth in 2010. In 2015 he won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch .... At the Pan American Championships he won silver medals in 2008 and 2009 and bronze medals in 2010 and 2011. Garcia was born in Cuba and immigrated to Canada in 2004, following his father, mother and younger sister. He graduated from a military school in Cuba and has a son Harrison, who also competes in wrestling. Referen ...
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds o ...
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Liván López
Liván López Azcuy (born January 24, 1982) is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba who competes in the 66 kg category. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships The 2011 World Wrestling Championships was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey. The event took place between September 12 and September 18, 2011. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Wome .... The next year he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. References External links * Living people 1982 births Cuban male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pa ...
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