Saeed Azarbayjani ( fa, سعید آذربایجانی; born January 17, 1975, in

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 ...

) is an

Iranian-Canadian Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians are citizens of Canada whose national background is traced from Iran or are people possessing Iranian and Canadian dual citizenship. From the 2016 Canadian census, the main communities can be found in Southe ...

male freestyle wrestler representing

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. He participated in Men's freestyle 60 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/8 of final he beat

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n Martin Berberyan, but lost in the quarterfinal to

Morad Mohammadi Seyed Morad Mohammadi Pahnehkalaei ( fa, سید مراد محمدی پهنه کلایی, born April 9, 1980 in Sari, Mazandaran) is an Iranian wrestler and an Olympic bronze medalist who competed in the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natura ...

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