Sohrab Moradi ( fa, سهراب مرادی, born 22 September 1988) is an Iranian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

who won the gold medal in the 94 kg weight division at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. He was the Asian champion in the 85 kg class in 2009 and 2012.Sohrab Moradi
. rio2016.com He was banned from the sport for two years for doping, after testing positive for

methadone Methadone, sold under the brand names Dolophine and Methadose among others, is a synthetic opioid agonist used for chronic pain and also for opioid dependence. It is used to treat chronic pain, and it is also used to treat addiction to heroin ...

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1988 births Living people Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Iranian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in weightlifting Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people {{Iran-weightlifting-bio-stub