Mojtaba Goleij ( fa, مجتبی گلیج, born 23 January 1996)
is an Iranian
freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...
. He won one of the bronze medals in the
men's 97 kg event at the
2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
He is also a two-time medalist, including one gold, at the
Asian Wrestling Championships.
Career
In 2017, he won the gold medal in the
men's 97 kg event at the
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
He won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg event at the
2020 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships was held at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi in India. The event took place from 18 to 23 February. China was barred from entering into the competition due to the COVID-19 pandem ...
held in New Delhi, India.
Two years earlier, he won the silver medal in this event at the
2018 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships took place at the Kojomkul Sports Palace, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. The event took place from February 27 to March 4, 2018.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
W ...
held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
He won the gold medal in his event at the
2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ( tr, 2021 İslami Dayanışma Oyunları) were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time ...
held in Konya, Turkey.
Achievements
References
External links
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Living people
1996 births
Iranian male sport wrestlers
People from Tonekabon
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Mazandaran province
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
21st-century Iranian people