Reza Yazdani ( fa, رضا یزدانی, born August 25, 1984 in
Juybar,
Iran
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) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian
wrestler
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and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the
2011 World Wrestling Championships and
2013 World Wrestling Championships in the 96 kg division.
He also won the gold medal in
2006 Asian Games
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in the 84 kg division and the gold medal in
2010 Asian Games
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in the 96 kg division, as well as the gold medal in
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
in 97 kg division. He competed in the
London 2012 Olympics
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and also defeated
Abdusalam Gadisov, but was injured in the semi-final, versus his Ukrainian competitor,
Valeriy Andriytsev
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. Yazdani came back from injury for the
2013 World Wrestling Championships in
Budapest
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, where he won the gold medal in the 96 kg division by defeating
khetag Gazyumov
Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, os, Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, ''Gozymty Ruslany fyrt Xetæg''; russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, ''Khetag Ruslanovich Gozyumov''; az, Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April ...
of
Azerbaijan
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in the finals by the score of 4-2.
See also
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References
External links
Profile (2006 Asian Games Website)J. Foeldeak GmbH - Sports Mats, Wrestling Mats, Judo Mats, Grappling Mats
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1984 births
Living people
Iranian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers of 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
20th-century Iranian people
21st-century Iranian people
World Wrestling Champions
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