Reza Yazdani ( fa, رضا یزدانی, born August 25, 1984, in

Juybar Juybar ( fa, جويبار, also Romanized as Jūybār; also known as Bāghlū) is a city and capital of Juybar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. In the 2006 census, its population was 27,117, with 7,052 families. This city is known as the wr ...

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) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the

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and

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in the 96 kg division. He also won the

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in the 84 kg division and the

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in the 96 kg division, as well as the

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in 97 kg division. He competed in the London 2012 Olympics and also defeated

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, but was injured in the semi-final versus his Ukrainian competitor,

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. Yazdani came back from injury for the

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, where he won the gold medal in the 96 kg division by defeating

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in the finals by the score of 4-2. As of May 2022, Yazdani was appointed as the head coach of the

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National

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* 1984 births Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Iran Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games People from Juybar World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Mazandaran province 21st-century Iranian people World Wrestling Champions {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub

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