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| Native name | امیرعلی آذرپیرا | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 26, 2002[1] Tehran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 97 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hamid Azarpira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amir Ali Azarpira (Persian: امیرعلی آذرپیرا) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler.[2]
He won gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia[3][4][5][6] and a member of the Iranian national team.
and the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 U20 Asian Wrestling Championships.
He also won one of the Bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[1]
Biography
Amir Ali Azarpira was born in Tehran, Iran. His father, Hamid Azarpira, is also a former wrestler and was Amir's first coach
Professional athletic career
Amir ali Azarpira became familiar with wrestling at the age of 9 through his father, Hamid Azarpira.
The 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships
In the 97 kg event, Amir ali Azarpira defeated Vasil Poliuchanka from Belarus with a score of 5–0 in the first round. In the next round, in the quarterfinals, he defeated Zuriko Ortashvili from Georgia with a score of 5-3 and advanced to the semifinals. Azarpira won against Jonathan AIELLO from the United States with a score of 9–0 in this stage and made it to the final. In the final match, he defeated Rado Lifter, the silver medalist of the U23 European Wrestling Championships from Moldova, with a score of 7-3 and won the gold medal.[7]
The 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships
In the 97 kg event, Amir ali Azarpira defeated Vasyl Sova from Ukraine with a score of 12–2 in the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals. In this round, he defeated Richard Vagh from Hungary with a score of 10-0 and made it to the semifinals. Azarpira won against Ertugrul Agca from Germany with a score of 8–0 in this match and made it to the final. In the final match, he defeated Tanner Sloan from the United States with a score of 5-3 and won the gold medal.[8]
In 2022, Amir ali Azarpira was the only national wrestler in the 97 kg event to participate in this international tournament and was able to demonstrate an outstanding performance. He defeated the Japanese team with a score of 13-2 and defeated Batyrbek Tsakulov, the world's runner-up in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, with a score of 10–0 in the team of World Wrestling Stars, which was formed by the United World Wrestling from the world's best wrestlers. With these excellent results, he was exempted from participating in the 1401 Iranian championship, which is the first qualifying stage for the world and Asian championships, along with Ali Savadkuhi. He is also among the national wrestlers selected to participate in the Zagreb Ranking Tournament in Croatia, which will be held from February 12 to 16, 2023.
He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Iran for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9]
References
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/amirali-azarpira_1543095
- ^ "Profile". United World Wrestling.
- ^ "World Championships | United World Wrestling". uww.org. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Iran freestyle team 2nd in 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships". tehran times. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "تیم ملی کشتی آزاد امید ایران نائب قهرمان جهان شد". Islamic Republic News Agency. 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Iran U-23 freestyle team ranks 2nd at World Wrestling Championship". ifpnews.com. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "The Iranian freestyle wrestling team, Omid Iran, became the runner-up in the world".
- ^ "Two medals won by freestyle wrestlers in the first five weight categories / Azarpira won the first gold medal".
- ^ "2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
External links
- Amir Ali Azarpira at the International Wrestling Database
- Amir Ali Azarpira at the International Wrestling Database
- Amir Ali Azarpira at Olympics.com
