Komeil Ghasemi

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Komeil Ghasemi
Ghasemi at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name ???? ?????
Full name Komeil Ghasemi
National team   Iran
Born ( 1988-02-27 ) 27 February 1988 (age 36)
Juybar , Mazandaran , Iran
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 120 kg (265 lb)
Website instagram
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Coached by Rasoul Khadem
Medal record
Men’s freestyle wrestling
Representing   Iran
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 125 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tashkent 125 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Astana 125 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Tashkent 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha 125 kg

Komeil Ghasemi ( Persian : ???? ????? , born 27 February 1988) [1] is a retired Iranian wrestler who won a gold medal in the men's freestyle 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics . [2] Ghasemi was awarded his Olympic gold medal after the two wrestlers ahead of him failed drug tests. [3] Ghasemi is the most successful Iranian heavyweight wrestler at the Olympic Games.

He also won a silver medal at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 120 kg freestyle discipline. [4] He was born in Juybar , in Iran's Mazandaran province but spent his childhood in Sari . He started wrestling seriously after moving back to Juybar . [5] [6] Following his Olympic appearance, Ghasemi won the 120 kg weight class at the 2013 Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran, helping his nation take gold in the tournament. [7] At the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships he won a gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle tournament, [8] while at that year's World Championships he took silver in the same event. [9] He took silver in the 125 kg freestyle event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships , losing the final to Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan, [10] and the 2016 Summer Olympics , behind Taha Akgul of Turkey. [11] Ghasemi retired in 2019 after losing the Iranian trials for the 2019 World Wrestling Championships . [12] [13] [14] [15]

Coaching career [ edit ]

As of 2023, Ghasemi is the head coach of Cambodian national wrestling team. He started his coaching position in October 2020. [16] Under Ghasemi Cambodian wrestlers recorded a total haul of 19 medals (three golds, three silvers and 13 bronzes) at the 2022 Southeast Asian Wrestling Championship, their biggest ever since first joining the regional tournament a few years back. [17]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (August 2012). "Komeil Ghasemi Biography and Olympic Results" . Olympics . Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18 . Retrieved 3 November 2019 .
  2. ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 September 2022). "Iranian wrestler Ghasemi finally receives London 2012 gold medal" . Inside the Games . Retrieved 26 September 2022 .
  3. ^ "IOC Determines Taymazov Fails London Re-Test" . United World Wrestling . 26 July 2019 . Retrieved 24 September 2019 .
  4. ^ "ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - TASHKENT 2011" (PDF) . International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles . May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 11 August 2012 .
  5. ^ "???? ?????: ????????? ??? ?? ???? ?????? ???????? ???" . mashreghnews.ir . Retrieved 2 July 2020 .
  6. ^ "Komeil Ghasemi" . Athletes . London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games . August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012 . Retrieved 11 August 2012 .
  7. ^ "Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup" . Tehran Times Volume. 11652 22 Feb 2013 . Archived from the original on 26 February 2013 . Retrieved 22 February 2013 .
  8. ^ "Asian Senior Championship - New Delhi (IND)" (PDF) . International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles . April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 23 April 2014 .
  9. ^ "Iran's Komeil Ghasemi wins silver in World Wrestling Championships". Tehran Times . 9 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Senior Asian Championship 2015 - Doha (QAT)" (PDF) . United World Wrestling . May 2015 . Retrieved 13 May 2015 .
  11. ^ "Taha Akgul Beats Komeil Ghasemi for 125kg Wrestling Gold" . WNBC . 20 August 2016 . Retrieved 9 December 2021 .
  12. ^ Feiz, Ali (1 July 2019). "Three Yazdani's Win Iran Freestyle Team Trials, Ghasemi Retires" . United World Wrestling . Retrieved 3 November 2019 .
  13. ^ "???????? ????????????? ????? ??? ??????" . Varzesh3 (in Persian) . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  14. ^ "???? ???????? ???? ????? ???? ??" (in Persian). rasadvarzeshi.com . Retrieved 6 October 2020 .
  15. ^ "Komeil GHASEMI - Olympic | Islamic Republic of Iran" . International Olympic Committee . 2021 . Retrieved 12 April 2021 .
  16. ^ "Cambodia hosts educational activities in lead up to Southeast Asian Championships" . 29 March 2023 . United World Wrestling . 16 January 2023 . Retrieved 29 March 2023 .
  17. ^ Senase, Jose Rodriguez T. (3 January 2023). "Iranian coach sees 'bright future' for Cambodian wrestling" . Khmer Times . Retrieved 29 March 2023 .

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