Meisam Mostafa-Jokar ( fa, میثم مصطفی جوکار, born on January 25, 1985, in

Malayer Malayer ( fa, ملایر, Malāyer), formerly Dowlatabad ( fa, دولت‌آباد, Doulatābād, also Romanized as Dowlatābād and Daūlatābād), is a city and capital of Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its populat ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In the 1/8 of final he lost with

Kiril Terziev Kiril Stoychev Terziev ( bg, Кирил Стойчев Терзиев; born 1 September 1983, in Petrich) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternati ...

and was eliminated from competition. Meisam won two silver medals and one gold on

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

. His older brother Masoud Mostafa-Jokar is an Olympic silver medalist.

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* * * Living people 1985 births Olympic wrestlers of Iran Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Malayer Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Iranian male sport wrestlers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub