Mehdi Taghavi Kermani ( fa, مهدى تقوى كرمانى; born February 20, 1987, in Savadkuh) is an Iranian wrestler. Taghavi was the favorite to win the

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but was upset in the first round by

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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 ...

who ended up winning the bronze. Taghavi had previously beaten Lopez at the

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. At the

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, he beat

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 Y ...

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

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* 1987 births Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Iran Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games World Wrestling Champions People from Savadkuh Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Mazandaran province 21st-century Iranian sportsmen {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub