Alireza Heidari
Iranian freestyle wrestler
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Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1976-03-04) March 4, 1976 (age 48) Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alireza Heidari (Persian: علیرضا حیدری, born March 4, 1976, in Tehran) is a retired Iranian wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.[1]
He also competed in Sydney 2000, where he placed 6th. He is also a seven-time Asian champion and has won a gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze medal at World Championships. Heidari was selected as the 1999 National Sportsman of the Year in Iran.[2]
He has a sister and three brothers.
After his retirement, he bought a mine with nearly eight hundred employees.
Results
Result | Round | Opponent | Score |
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1997 World Championship / Krasnoyarsk / Bronze medal / 85 kg | |||
Win | Round 1 | Christos Alexandridis (GRE) | 6–0 |
Loss | Round 2 | Les Gutches (USA) | 0–3 |
Win | Repechage 1 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 1–0 |
Win | Repechage 2 | André Backhaus (GER) | 8–2 |
Win | Repechage 3 | Nicolae Ghiță (ROU) | 6–1, Fall |
Win | Repechage 4 | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 3–1 |
Win | Bronze medal match | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 5–1 |
1998 World Championship / Tehran / Gold medal / 85 kg | |||
Win | Round 1 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 9–0 |
Win | Round 2 | Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) | 4–2 |
Win | Round 3 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 1–0 |
Win | Semifinals | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 2–1 |
Win | Final | Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) | 4–0 |
1999 World Championship / Ankara / Silver medal / 97 kg | |||
Win | Preliminary round | Dan Karabin (CZE) | 10–0 |
Win | Preliminary round | Kim Kil-soo (KOR) | 7–0 |
Win | Round of 16 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 2–0 |
Win | Quarterfinals | Davud Magomedov (AZE) | 5–0 |
Win | Semifinals | Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 3–0 |
Loss | Final | Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS) | 3–4 |
2000 Summer Olympics / Sydney / 6th place / 97 kg | |||
Win | Preliminary round | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 7–1 |
Win | Preliminary round | Ahmet Doğu (TUR) | 6–1 |
Loss | Quarterfinals | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 0–1 |
Loss | 5th place match | Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) | Walkover |
2001 World Championship / Sofia / 16th place / 97 kg | |||
Win | Preliminary round | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 6–1 |
Loss | Preliminary round | Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS) | 1–4, Fall |
2002 World Championship / Tehran / Silver medal / 96 kg | |||
Win | Preliminary round | Sofian Abdul-Lateef (IRQ) | 11–0 |
Win | Preliminary round | Chen Dakuan (CHN) | 11–0 |
Win | Preliminary round | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 3–0 |
Win | Semifinals | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 3–0 |
Loss | Final | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 1–2 |
2003 World Championship / New York / Silver medal / 96 kg | |||
Win | Preliminary round | Igors Samušonoks (LAT) | 10–0 |
Win | Preliminary round | George Torchinava (NED) | 10–0 |
Win | Round of 16 | Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR) | 6–6 |
Win | Quarterfinals | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 6–3 |
Win | Semifinals | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 3–1 |
Loss | Final | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 0–4 |
2004 Summer Olympics / Athens / Bronze medal / 96 kg | |||
Win | Preliminary round | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 3–2 |
Win | Preliminary round | Antoine Jaoude (BRA) | 10–0 |
Win | Quarterfinals | Rustam Aghayev (AZE) | 5–0 |
Loss | Semifinals | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 4–6 |
Win | Bronze medal match | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 3–2 |
2006 World Championship / Guangzhou / 5th place / 96 kg | |||
Win | Round of 32 | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 7–0) |
Loss | Round of 16 | Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1) |
Win | Repechage 1 | Norbert Bödör (SVK) | Walkover |
Win | Repechage 2 | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 2–0 (1–1, 2–1) |
Loss | Bronze medal match | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) |
References
External links
- Alireza Heidari at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Alireza Heidari at Olympics.com
- Picture of Alireza Heidari at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 2007)
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World Champions in freestyle middleweight (86 kg)
- 1951: Haydar Zafer (TUR)
- 1954: Abbas Zandi (IRI)
- 1957: Nabi Sorouri (IRI)
- 1959: Georgy Skhirtladze (URS)
- 1961: Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1962: Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1963: Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1965: Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1966: Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1967: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1969: Fred Fozzard (USA)
- 1970: Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)
- 1971: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1973: Vasily Syulshin (URS)
- 1974: Viktor Novozhilov (URS)
- 1975: Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1977: Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1978: Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)
- 1979: István Kovács (HUN)
- 1981: Chris Campbell (USA)
- 1982: Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1983: Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1985: Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1986: Vladimir Modosyan (URS)
- 1987: Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1989: Elmadi Zhabrailov (URS)
- 1990: Jozef Lohyňa (TCH)
- 1991: Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1993: Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR)
- 1994: Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA)
- 1995: Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1997: Les Gutches (USA)
- 1998: Alireza Heidari (IRI)
- 1999: Yoel Romero (CUB)
- 2001: Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
- 2002: Adam Saitiev (RUS)
- 2003: Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2005: Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
- 2006: Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2007: Georgy Ketoev (RUS)
- 2009: Zaurbek Sokhiev (UZB)
- 2010: Mihail Ganev (BUL)
- 2011: Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
- 2013: Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)
- 2014: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2015: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2017: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2018: David Taylor (USA)
- 2019: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2021: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2022: David Taylor (USA)
- 2023: David Taylor (USA)
- 1951–1961 : 79 kg
- 1962–1967 : 87 kg
- 1969–1995 : 82 kg
- 1997–2001 : 85 kg
- 2002–2013 : 84 kg
- 2014–present : 86 kg