Hassan Yazdani Charati ( fa, حسن یزدانی چراتی born 26 December 1994 in
Lapu Sahra,
Chapakrud Rural District,
Juybar County,
Iran
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) is an Iranian
wrestler
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. Yazdani is an Olympic and World Champion in
freestyle wrestling
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in two weight categories. He became Olympic champion in the
74kg category at the
2016 Summer Olympics after defeating
Russian
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wrestler
Aniuar Geduev
Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, ; born 26 January 1987) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Circassian Kabardian ancestry.
Career
Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the 2013 European ...
in the final. The following year he became World Champion at the
2017 World Wrestling Championships
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in the
Men's freestyle 86 kg category. He won his second world title at the
2019 World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan and the third one at the
2021 World Wrestling Championships in Norway.
Career
![Summer Olympics 2016 , Men's Freestile Wrestling 74 kg 10](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Summer_Olympics_2016_%2C_Men%27s_Freestile_Wrestling_74_kg_10.jpg)
Yazdani earned a gold medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships in the 66 kg division, by defeating his American opponent
Aaron Pico
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in the final.
The following year, he placed second at the Senior World Championships, losing to
Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov
Magomedrasul Mukhtarovich Gazimagomedov (russian: Магомедрасул Мухтарович Газимагомедов; born April 8, 1991, in Dagestan) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Tindian descent. He is two time World Champion and a ...
of
Russia
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in the finals by a score of 10–3.
After bumping up to 74 kg. Yazdani claimed gold at the
2016 Rio Olympics, defeating
Aniuar Geduev
Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, ; born 26 January 1987) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Circassian Kabardian ancestry.
Career
Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the 2013 European ...
6–6 with criteria by scoring the final points.
After once again bumping up in weight, Yazdani won gold at the
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in the 86 kg division. He defeated former Olympic gold medalist
Sharif Sharifov
Sharif Naidhajavovich Sharifov (russian: Шариф Наидгаджавович Шарифов, az, Шәриф Шәрифов, italics=no; born November 11, 1988 in Gunukh, Charodinsky District, Dagestan) is a Russian-Azerbaijani male wrestle ...
with a score of 11-0 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist
Selim Yaşar
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with the same score en route to becoming champion.
In July 2017, Yazdani won the Iran Freestyle Wrestling Nationals at 86 kg, defeating
Alireza Karimi
Alireza Karimi Machiani ( fa, علیرضا کریمی ماچیانی; born 21 March 1994) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships in the 86 kg division. He was eliminated by J'den Cox of the ...
5-0 on his path to victory. This gained him a place at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris. In
2017 World Wrestling Championships
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Medal table
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Men's freestyle
Men's Gre ...
in Paris, Hassan Yazdani participated in 86 kg. He became the champion with decisive wins, 4 out of 5 matches including the final with
technical superiority. In the entire championship, Yazdani gave out only two points. Right after the matches, he stated that he "came to Paris for a decisive gold, with no ifs or buts".
He won the silver medal in the
men's 86kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Achievements
* Olympic Games – 2016, 2020
* World Championships – 2017, 2019, 2021 2015, 2022 2018
* World Cup – 2015, 2016, 2017
* Asian Games – 2018
* Asian Championships – 2018, 2021
* Islamic Solidarity Games – 2017
* Takhti Cup – 2015
* Dan Kolov Tournament – 2019
* Paris Tournament – 2015, 2016
* Aleksandr Medved's Prizes, 2016
* World Junior Championship – 2014
* Asian Junior Championship – 2014
* World Cadet Championship – 2011
* Asian Cadet Championship – 2011
Senior career results
References
External links
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International Wrestling Database
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1994 births
Living people
Iranian male sport wrestlers
People from Juybar
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers of Iran
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Olympic gold medalists for Iran
Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Iran
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mazandaran province
World Wrestling Champions
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran