Hamid Sourian

Hamid Sourian

Hamid Sourian
Personal information
Native name	حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور
Full name	Hamid Sourian Reihanpour
Nationality	Iranian
Born	August 24, 1985 Rey, Iran
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Sport wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman 55kg
Club	Babak Rey Wrestling Club
Medal record Representing  Iran Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic Games 2012 London 55 kg World Championships 2005 Budapest 55 kg 2006 Guangzhou 55 kg 2007 Baku 55 kg 2009 Herning 55 kg 2010 Moscow 55 kg 2014 Tashkent 59 kg Asian Championships 2007 Bishkek 55 kg 2008 Jeju City 55 kg

Hamid Sourian Reihanpour (Persian: حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور‎‎, was born in August 24, 1985 in Rey, Iran) is an Iranian wrestler from Tehran province. He is a six-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Sourian amazingly won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian gold medalist. Sourian won the gold medal in the 55 kg Greco-Roman competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Summer Olympics 2008

Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria.^[2]

Summer Olympics 2012

On 5 August 2012, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov in the 55 kg final.^[3][4]

Summer Olympics 2016

On May 3, 2016 Sourian attend the second of two worldwide qualification tournaments for the 2016 Olympics in Turkey after failing to overcome Kim Seung-hak from South Korea in Mongolia.

On May 5, Aleksandr Karelin posted a photo of Sourian on his Instagram page, wishing him success by writing: "You are the best and I wish you the best in the last 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament. Believe you can and you will."^[5]

Results

• 2005 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Rest
  • Round 2: Defeated  Vugar Rakhimov (UKR), 2–0 (4–3, 2–1)
  • Round 3: Defeated  Bayram Özdemir (TUR), 2–0 (4–0, 3–2)
  • Round 4: Defeated  Lázaro Rivas (CUB), 2–0 (2–1, 7–1)
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Yermek Kuketov (KAZ), Disqualification
  • Final: Defeated  Park Eun-chul (KOR), 2–0 (2–1, 4–3)
• 2006 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Defeated  Vicente Lillo (ESP), 2–0 (6–0, 7–0)
  • Round 2: Defeated  Vugar Rakhimov (UKR), 2–0 (7–2, 2–1)
  • Round 3: Defeated  Venelin Venkov (BUL), 2–0 (8–2, 4–0)
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Lindsey Durlacher (USA), 2–0 (5–3, 3–2)
  • Final: Defeated  Rovshan Bayramov (AZE), 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
• 2007 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Defeated  Shane Parker (AUS), 2–0 (5–0, 8–1)
  • Round 2: Defeated  Anders Nyblom (DEN), 2–0 (2–1, 4–0)
  • Round 3: Defeated  Lindsey Durlacher (USA), 2–0 (4–0, 6–0)
  • Round 4: Defeated  Virgil Munteanu (ROU), 2–0 (4–3, 2–2)
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Kristijan Fris (SRB), 2–0 (3–0, 1–1)
  • Final: Defeated  Park Eun-chul (KOR), 2–1 (1–1, 3–0, 4–0)
• 2008 Olympics – 5th place
  • Round 1: Defeated  Venelin Venkov (BUL), Fall
  • Round 2: Defeated  Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW), 2–0 (8–0, 6–0)
  • Round 3: Lost to  Nazyr Mankiev (RUS), 1–2 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
  • Repechage: Defeated  Kristijan Fris (SRB), 2–0 (5–0, 1–1)
  • Bronze medal match: Lost to  Park Eun-chul (KOR), 0–2 (1–1, 2–2)
• 2009 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Rest
  • Round 2: Defeated  Joaquín Martínez (ESP), 2–0 (7–0, 3–0)
  • Round 3: Defeated  Spenser Mango (USA), 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
  • Round 4: Defeated  Erhan Karakuş (TUR), 2–0 (1–0, 1–0)
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Håkan Nyblom (DEN), 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
  • Final: Defeated  Roman Amoyan (ARM), 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
• 2010 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Rest
  • Round 2: Defeated  Mohammed Bouterfessa (ALG), 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
  • Round 3: Defeated  Venelin Venkov (BUL), 2–0 (2–0, 2–2)
  • Round 4: Defeated  Jani Haapamäki (FIN), 2–0 (2–0, 1–1)
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Roman Amoyan (ARM), 2–0 (1–0, 2–0)
  • Final: Defeated  Choi Gyu-jin (KOR), 2–1 (4–0, 0–3, 1–0)
• 2012 Olympics – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Rest
  • Round 2: Defeated  Arsen Eraliev (KGZ), 2–1 (4–0, 0–2, 2–1)
  • Round 3: Defeated  Péter Módos (HUN), 2–0 (2–0, 1–0)
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Håkan Nyblom (DEN), 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
  • Final: Defeated  Rovshan Bayramov (AZE), 2–0 (2–0, 1–0)
• 2014 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Defeated  Alex Anechitei (ROU), 8–0
  • Round 2: Defeated  Haithem Mahmoud (EGY), 2–1
  • Round 3: Defeated  Ismael Borrero (CUB), 5–0
  • Round 4: Defeated  Taleh Mammadov (AZE), 3–0
  • Semifinal: Defeated  Elmurat Tasmuradov (UZB), 2–1
  • Final: Defeated  Mingiyan Semenov (RUS), 2–1

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

References

1. Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour
2. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/12/sports/olywrest12.php
3. "London 2012 Wrestling: Iran’s Hamid Sourian Claimed Gold Medal in Men’s 55kg Greco-Roman". Kabir News. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
4. "London Olympics: Iran's Reihanpour wins Greco-Roman 55kg wrestling gold". The Times Of India. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
5. https://www.instagram.com/p/BE-_6ICCMWI/?taken-by=karelin.aleksandr

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