Reza Yazdani

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Reza Yazdani

Reza Yazdani
Personal information
Full name Reza Yazdani
Nationality  Iran
Born (1984-08-25) August 25, 1984
Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran
Sport
Country  Iran
Sport Wrestling
Medal record
Competitor for  Iran
Men's freestyle wrestling
World Championships
2011 Istanbul 96 kg
2013 Budapest 96 kg
2006 Guangzhou 84 kg
2007 Baku 84 kg
Asian Games
2006 Doha 84 kg
2010 Guangzhou 96 kg
2014 Incheon 97 kg
Asian Championships
2010 New Delhi 96 kg
2016 Bangkok 97 kg

Reza Yazdani (Persian: رضا یزدانی‎‎, born August 25, 1984 in Juybar, Iran) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestling Championships in the 96kg division. He also won the gold medal in 2006 Asian Games in the 84kg division and the gold medal in 2010 Asian Games in the 96kg division, as well as the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games in 97kg division. He competed in the London 2012 Olympics but was injured in the semi-final, versus his Ukrainian competitor, Valeriy Andriytsev. Yazdani came back from injury for the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, where he won the gold medal in the 96 kg division by defeating Gazyumov of Azerbaijan in the finals by the score of 4-2. At the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in quarterfinals he was eliminated by Şamil Erdoğan and after the matches the Turkish wrestler, Şamil Erdoğan's A sample from an anti-doping test has come back positive and was provisionally suspended from any wrestling activity and faces a two-year competition ban pending a final ruling by United World Wrestling.[1][2][3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Turkish Wrestler Samil Erdogan Provisionally Suspended after Failing Anti-Doping Test". United World Wrestling. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Turkish wrestler loses medal after failing dope test". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Turkish wrestler suspended after positive test". WCCB Charlotte. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  5. ↑ "Turkish wrestler suspended after positive test". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2016-03-30.

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