Hassan Yazdani Charati ( fa, حسن یزدانی چراتی born 26 December 1994 in Lapu Sahra, Chapakrud Rural District, Juybar County,

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) is an Iranian

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. Yazdani is an Olympic and World Champion in

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in two weight categories. He became Olympic champion in the 74kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics after defeating

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in the final. The following year he became World Champion at the

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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

Yazdani earned a gold medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships in the 66 kg division, by defeating his American opponent

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in the final. The following year, he placed second at the Senior World Championships, losing to

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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

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

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with a score of 11-0 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist

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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

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5-0 on his path to victory. This gained him a place at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris. In

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yazdani, Hassan 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