Kianoush Rostami
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Kianoush Rostami with gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Native name | کیانوش رستمی |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Born |
23 July 1991 Eslamabad-e Gharb, Iran |
| Residence | Kermanshah, Iran |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2016) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) (2016) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Iran |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | –85 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | |
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Kianoush Rostami (Persian: کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Olympic weightlifter of Kurdish origin. He represented Iran at the 2016 Olympic Games, in the category of 85 kg, he placed first, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kg.
Rostami also received a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. If confirmed, it will be later upgraded to a silver after Apti Aukhadov tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone from samples taken in 2012.
Life
Kianoush Rostami was born in Kermanshah on 23 July 1991.[1][2][3][4][5] Rostami has referred to his Kurdish ethnicity on his social media accounts right after his victory. After breaking his own world record, he wrote an instagram post saying "I'm a servant to all Kermashani Kurds, to Kurds all over the world."[6]
Career
Rostami won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.[7]
Rostami won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 85 kg category with a total of 380 kg. In June 2016 it was announced that the silver medal winner Apti Aukhadov had tested positive for prohibited substances and therefore disqualified for his medal. If confirmed, Rostami's medal will be upgraded to a silver medal.[8][9]
In 2016, while competing at the Fajr Cup, in Tehran, Iran, Kianoush broke the Clean and jerk world record for his weight division, lifting 220 kg. Kianoush also broke the world record for his total, with 395 kg.[10]
Kianoush Rostami competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, representing Iran in the 85 kg weight division.[11] He won the gold medal in the 85 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics by tying an Olympic record with a 217 kg clean and jerk – set by Tian Tao just minutes prior – and setting a world record total with 396 kg.[12]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Record (kg) / Rank | ||
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| Snatch | Cl&Jerk | Total | |||
| Olympic Games | |||||
| 2012 | London, United Kingdom | 85 kg | 171 / 5 | 209 / 4 | 380 /  →  [13][14][15] |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 85 kg | 179 / 1 | 217 / 1 | 396 WR /  |
| World Championships | |||||
| 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | 77 kg | 161 / | 193 / 5 | 354 / 4 |
| 2011 | Paris, France | 85 kg | 173 / | 209 / | 382 / |
| 2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 85 kg | 178 / | 213 / | 391 / |
| 2015 | Houston, United States | 85 kg | 173 / | 214 / | 387 / |
| Asian Games | |||||
| 2010 | Guangzhou, China | 85 kg | 165 / 5 | 200 / 6 | 365 / 6 |
| 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | 85 kg | 172 / 1 | 208 / 2 | 380 / |
| Asian Championships | |||||
| 2008 | Kanazawa, Japan | 69 kg | 131 / 10 | No mark | No mark |
| 2011 | Tongling, China | 85 kg | 162 / | 201 / | 363 / |
| 2012 | Pyeongtaek, South Korea | 85 kg | 172 / | 211 / | 383 / |
| World Junior Championships | |||||
| 2010 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 77 kg | 160 / | 187 / | 347 / |
| 2011 | Penang, Malaysia | 85 kg | 168 / | 210 / | 378 / |
| Fajr Cup | |||||
| 2016 | Tehran, Iran | 85 kg | 175/ 1 | 220 WR / 1 | 395 WR / 1[16] |
References
- ↑ "Glove newspaper week 52" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "You are being redirected...". www.nrttv.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "http://rudaw.net/english/world/13082016". rudaw.net. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "You are being redirected...". www.milletpress.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "UNPO: Iranian Kurdistan: Kurdish Weightlifter Wins Gold Medal in Rio Olympics". unpo.org. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ Instagram [(https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0_FvuITjB/?taken-by=kianoush_rostami (https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0_FvuITjB/?taken-by=kianoush_rostami] Check
|url=value (help). Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Iranian lifter wins 2 golds at worlds". Press TV. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "London 2012: Four Olympic weightlifting champions test positive". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ↑ Iran's Rostami awarded 2012 Olympic Games silver medal
- ↑ "1st International Fajr Cup – IWF Grand Prix, Olympic Qualification Event | International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- ↑ "ROSTAMI Kianoush". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/rio-2016/results/sports/weightlifting/mens-85kg. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 2012 Olympics Games: 85 kg Men
- ↑ London 2012: 85 kg Men
- ↑ APTI AUKHADOV tested positive for doping, so his silver goes to Kianoush Rostami
- ↑ "1st International Fajr Cup – IWF Grand Prix, Olympic Qualification Event | International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
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