Hossein Tavakkoli ( fa, حسین توکلی ; born January 10, 1978, in

Mahmoudabad Mahmudabad or Mahmoud Abad ( fa, محمودآباد, translit=Maḥmūdâbâd) is a city and capital of Mahmudabad County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. It is located on the Caspian Sea. At the 2006 census, its population was 27,561, in 7,513 familie ...

, Mazandaran) is an Iranian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. In 2017, he start training Ehsan Hadadi, an olympic silver medalist in discus throwing, for 2020 Olympic Games preparation.

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* 1978 births Living people Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Iran Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games People from Mahmudabad, Mazandaran Sportspeople from Mazandaran province 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people {{Iran-Olympic-medalist-stub