Iran's Strongest Man
Iran's Strongest Man (also called Mardan Ahanin) (Persian: مردان آهنين - قوى ترين مرد ايران) is the only televised annual strongman event in Iran, it takes place during Nowruz and airs on Channel 3. Reza Javdani is the main host, (except for three periods) and Faramarz Khodnegah is the official referee, assisted at times by Mehdi Fatemi (2005-2006), Mehrab Fatemi (2007-2009), and Ali Dadashi (partly in 2010).[1]
Final results
| Year | Place | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tehran | Mehrab Fatemi | Hamid Soltan | Mehdi Mirdavoudi | Mehdi Fatemi | Farhad Panahi | Akbar Ghamgin | ||
| 2001 | Boroujerd | Mehrab Fatemi | Mojtaba Maleki | Majid Talkhavi | Mehdi Fatemi | Ali Dadashi | Reza Golmohammadi | Hossein Fatemi | Hossein Bejani |
| 2004 | Tehran | Reza Gharaei | Mojtaba Maleki | Rouhollah Dadashi | Amir Gharaei | Mehdi Mirdavoudi | Majid Dejbarar | Mehdi Bagheri | Mehdi Pashaei |
| 2005 | Kish | Mehrab Fatemi | Mojtaba Maleki | Hossein Fatemi | Majid Talkhavi | Karim Taleshi | Mehdi Bagheri | Ali Esmaeili | M. Mohammadi |
| 2006 | Bandar Abbas | Mehrab Fatemi | Ali Esmaeili | Hossein Fatemi | Aidin Khataei-Asl | Hamid Gharaei | M. Mohammadi | ||
| 2007 | Bam | Reza Gharaei | Farzad Mousakhani | Ali Esmaeili | Rouhollah Dadashi | Hamid Gharaei | M. Mohammadi | ||
| 2008 | Chabahar | Reza Gharaei | Hassan Ebadi | Rouhollah Dadashi | Ali Esmaeili | M. Mohammadi | Hamid Gharaei | Amir Gharaei | Javad Maafi |
| 2009 | Bam | Rouhollah Dadashi | Moslem Darabi | Ali Esmaeili | M. Mohammadi | Mehrdad Bajelan | Hamed Amiri | Hamid Gharaei | Mehdi Norouzi |
| 2010 | Tehran | Rouhollah Dadashi | Moslem Darabi | Mehrdad Bajelan | M. Mohammadi | Mohsen Akhoundi | Alireza Gharaei | Mehrab Fatemi | Ali Esmaeili |
| 2011 | Gheshm | Moslem Darabi | Ali Esmaeili | Kamal Sharifi | Karim Taleshi | Nemat Jalali | Mohsen Akhoundi | Saeed B. Kazemi | |
| 2012 | Kish | Moslem Darabi | Nemat Jalali | Hamed Haghzareh | Mohsen Masnabadi | Mehrdad Bajelan | Bahram Akbari | Farshid Hemmati |
Fair-play award winner
| Year | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tehran | Kazem Ghamgin |
| 2001 | Boroujerd | Mehdi Rostamzadeh |
| 2004 | Tehran | Ahmad Afshar |
| 2005 | Kish | Rahim Asgari & Mehdi Bagheri |
| 2006 | Bandar Abbas | Ali Dadashi & Siavash Barfaan |
| 2007 | Bam | ? |
| 2008 | Chabahar | Kamal Sharifi |
| 2009 | Bam | Hasan Aliyar & Siavash Barfaan |
| 2010 | Tehran | Ghiyas Ahmadi & Hossein Rasouli |
| 2011 | Gheshm | Amir Hossein Yavari |
| 2012 | Kish | Nemat Jalali |
Records
- Most champion title:
- Mehrab Fatemi (4 times)
- Reza Gharaei (3 times)
- Most Runner-up title:
- Mojtaba Maleki (3 times)
- Ali Esmaeili and Moslem Darabi (2 times)
- Most participation in the Final:
- Ali Esmaeili (7 times → 2005-2011)
- Mohammad Mohammadi (6 times → 2005-2010)
- Mehrab Fatemi (5 times → 1998, 2001, 2005-2006, 2010)
- Rouhollah Dadashi (5 times → 2004, 2007-2010)
- Mohammad Mohammadi (6 times → 2005-2010)
- Most consecutive wins:
- Mehrab Fatemi, Reza Gharaei, Rouhollah Dadashi, and Moslem Darabi (2 times)
References
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