Amir Hossein Zare ( fa, امیر حسین زارع; born 16 January 2001) is an Iranian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

who currently competes in the

heavyweight division Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wor ...

. Zare became World Champion in 2021, and was the 2019 U23 World Champion at age 18. He claimed a Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal in 2021. In the age-group, he was the 2018 Cadet World Champion and claimed silver medals from the 2019 Junior World Championships and the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics.

Early life

Zare started Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals from elementary school, then entered wrestling during middle school. He during primary school, he used to go to the ancient gym with his father and uncle.

Career

YOG Wrestling Freestyle 110kg Gold Medal - Amir Hossein Zare vs Sergei Kozyrev 10

2019

The 2018 Cadet World Champion, Zare made his senior level debut in October 2019 at the age of 18, going 4–0 at the

Iranian Premier League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

with a notable victory over two–time and reigning Asian Continental champion

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. He followed up with his international debut, claiming the 2019 U23 World Championship after cleaning out the bracket with technical falls. Next, he took out reigning World Champion

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in the final match of the Premier League, claiming gold for the team. His first loss came at the Alans International, where he placed third with notable and dominant technical falls over the accomplished Khasanboy Rakhimov and

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. To close out the year, he helped Iran reach the gold medal at the World Clubs Cup.

2020–2021

In 2020, Zare only competed twice, claiming the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series crown with notable wins over 2012 Olympic champion

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and Nick Matuhin, and placing second at the Team Trials for the Individual World Cup. In 2021, Zare claimed the

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by beating

via disqualification after the later refused to engage due to Zare's pressure. In the

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, Zare won a Bronze Medal by defeating

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in the Bronze Medal match. After 32 years, Zare won Iran's freestyle wrestling gold medal in the

of the World Championships in Norway by defeating

. Zare, in his seniors international debut, clinched a precious bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

2022

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 125kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. Zare faced the Canadian

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who has the Pan American gold and silver medals, and beat him wisely 8-0 to win the bronze medal.Iran's heavyweight wrestler Zare wins freestyle bronze
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Freestyle record

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, style="font-size:88%", 3–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 31–4 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 9–2 , style="font-size:88%", October 3, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

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, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4, Oslo, Norway , - , Win , 30–4 , align=left, Taha Akgül , style="font-size:88%", 4–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, October 2, 2021 , - , Win , 29–4 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 28–4 , align=left,

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, style="font-size:88%", 6–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 27–4 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 5–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, August 5–6, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4, Tokyo, Japan , - , Loss , 26–4 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 3–6 , - , Win , 26–3 , align=left,

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, style="font-size:88%", TF 13–2 , - , Win , 25–3 , align=left, Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi , style="font-size:88%", 7–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 24–3 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", DQ (6–1) , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, June 9, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3,

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

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, - , Win , 22–3 , align=left, Oleksandr Kalinovskyi , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 21–3 , align=left,

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, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 20–3 , align=left, Amin Taheri , style="font-size:88%", 3–4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, November 5, 2020 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2020 Iranian World Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

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, - , Win , 20–2 , align=left, Amin Taheri , style="font-size:88%", 3–1 , - , Loss , 19–2 , align=left, Amin Taheri , style="font-size:88%", 0–2 , - , Win , 19–1 , align=left,

Parviz Hadi Parviz Hadi Basmenj ( fa, پرویز هادی باسمنج; born 16 November 1987 in Basmenj, East Azerbaijan, Iran), is an Iranian wrestler. He became Pahlevan of Iran in the 2014/2015 competition. Major achievements * World Championships – ...

, style="font-size:88%", 4–0 , - , Win , 18–1 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 4–1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 17–1 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 5–3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, January 15–18, 2020 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020 , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

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, - , Win , 16–1 , align=left, Nick Matuhin , style="font-size:88%", 8–0 , - , Win , 15–1 , align=left, Yusup Batirmurzaev , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 14–1 , align=left, FF , style="font-size:88%", FF , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, December 17–21, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2019 World Clubs Cup , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2, Bojnoord, Iran , - , Win , 13–1 , align=left, Amir Bazrafshan , style="font-size:88%", 10–2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 12–1 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, December 7–8, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2019 Alans International , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4, Vladikavkaz, Russia , - , Loss , 11–1 , align=left, Batradz Gazzaev , style="font-size:88%", 2–3 , - , Win , 11–0 , align=left, Atsamaz Tebloev , style="font-size:88%", FF , - , Win , 10–0 , align=left, Khasanboy Rakhimov , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 9–0 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 15–11 , style="font-size:88%" , November 22, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" , 2019 Iranian Premier League , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" ,

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 8–0 , align=left, Vitaly Goloev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, October 28–30, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2019 U23 World Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

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, - , Win , 7–0 , align=left, Zuriko Urtashvili , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - , Win , 6–0 , align=left, Yusup Batirmurzaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 17–7 , - , Win , 5–0 , align=left, Samhan Jabrailov , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - , Win , 4–0 , align=left, Soheil Yousefi , style="font-size:88%", , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, October 6–7, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2019 Iranian Premier League , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

, - , Win , 3–0 , align=left, Vahid Yousefvand , style="font-size:88%", , - , Win , 2–0 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", , - , Win , 1–0 , align=left, Soheil Gholipour Safar , style="font-size:88%", , -

References

Amir Hossein Zare - The Sports

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zare, Amir Hossein 2001 births Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Iran Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Champions People from Amol Sportspeople from Mazandaran province 21st-century Iranian people