Saeid Abdevali ( fa, سعيد عبدولى, born 4 November 1989) is an Iranian

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

. He is a two-time world junior champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, 2011 senior world champion and won the bronze medal at the

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. He was born in

Andimeshk Andimeshk ( fa, اندیمشک, also Romanized as Āndīmeshḵ) is a city and capital of Andimeshk County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Andimeshk is located about north of Shush, on the main road and the rail line between Tehran and Ahvaz. The n ...

. Abdevali won the 2011 World Championships to clinch his spot at the Olympics in London. Abdevali also won the 2010 Asian Games and won the World Cup in 2010 and 2011. This success followed his junior career, where he won the World Championship in 2008 and 2009 and was the Asian junior champion in 2008. He also won two bronze medals at the Asian junior championships before moving to the senior level in 2010. He is the cousin of Mehdi Shiri (footballer, born 1991), the Iranian football player who plays for FC Persepolis.

London 2012 Olympics

Despite being tipped to take the gold medal, Abdevali was eliminated in the

London 2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

by French wrestler Steeve Guenot.

Asian Games 2014

In semi-final stage of the 2014 Asian Games, Abdevali executed 5 to appear to pin his opponent Korean Wrestler Jung Ji-hyun, and was initially announced by the referee as the winner. The Korean coach protested and the referee revised the decision. Eventually, Abdevali lost the match 6-9 to his opponent.Tabari News
(in Persian)

2016 Olympics

At the 2016 Olympics, Abdevali competed at middleweight (75 kg). Abdevali lost to Mark Madsen in the second round. As Madsen reached the final, Abdevali was entered into the repechage. There he beat Viktor Nemeš and then

Péter Bácsi Péter Bácsi (born 15 May 1983) is an amateur Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category. Two-time (2014 and 2018) world champion, he is also a three-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist in his division at the ...

to win a bronze medal.

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1989 births Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran People from Andimeshk Olympic wrestlers of Iran Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Champions Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Khuzestan province {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub