Amir Reza Khadem
Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi (Persian امیررضا خادم, born February 10, 1970 in Mashhad ) is a former Iranian freestyle wrestler and current politician. He was a participant at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000
Career
Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi is the son of Vice - featherweight world champion in freestyle wrestling from 1962 Mohammad Khadem Khorasani and the brother of Rasoul Khadem Azghani. He started as a teenager, also with the rings and was trained by his father. He also wrestled in free style. At the age of 18 years, he managed to qualify for the Iranian team at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He started there in lightweight and won in his first fight on the Egyptian El Khodary, then he lost to Jukka Rauhala, Finland, triumphed over the Syrians Wattar and lost to eventual Olympic champion arsenic Fadsajew, Soviet Union. He finished in 11th place.
In 1989 he competed in the Junior World Championships (Age Group espoir ) in Ulan Bator welterweight and lost there in the final against Alexander Leipold of the Federal Republic of Germany. That was his only start at an international championship in the junior level. In 1990 he won at the World Championships in Tokyo with the 3rd place in the welterweight behind Rahmat Sukra, Bulgaria and Nasir Gadschichanow, Russia, already his first medal at the senior citizens.
In 1991 he was in New Delhi Asian Vice- welterweight champion behind the Mongols Loodoyn Enchbayer, but celebrated a few months later at the World Championships in Varna his greatest success in his career, because he was there in the welterweight division with wins over Krzysztof Walencik, Poland, Ioannis Athanassiadis Greece, Kurtsis, Latvia, Tomihiro Tsunozaki, Japan, Alexander Leipold ( 6-2 points), Loodoyn Enchbayar, Mongolia and in the final over the actually favored Americans Kenneth Monday, he hit 3-1 points.
In April 1992, Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi in Tehran for the first time Asian champions. He pointed Yoshihiko Hara, Japan and Loodoyn Enchbayar to the places. With high hopes, he went to the Olympics this year in Barcelona. He could these expectations will certainly meet, although he was not Olympic champion, but had to settle for a bronze medal. After victories over Barend Peter Labuschagne, South Africa, Joakim Vassiliadis, Greece and Gary Holmes, Canada, for a defeat in the pool finale against the South Koreans Park Jang -soon with 1:2 points was decisive. The fight for a bronze medal he won against Magomed Salam Gadschijew from the Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union).
After these Olympics, Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi moved from Welter in the middleweight division. In this weight class he was then in April 1993 in Ulan- Bator again Asian champions before Gantogtoh Bayanmunch, Mongolia and Yang Hyung -mo from South Korea. At the World Cup this year, he was not at the start. In 1994 he won the World Cup in Edmonton before Rasul Katinowasow, Russia and Kevin A. Jackson, United States. But with the World Cup 1994 in Istanbul, he did not get along and came there only the 11th Place. For this he won in October 1994 in Hiroshima at the Asian Games against former world champion Elmadi Dzhabrailov, Kazakhstan and Hidekaru Yokoyama from Japan. At the 1995 World Championships in Atlanta, he succeeded again not to win a medal. He arrived there on the 7th Place.
At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 but he was back in top form and won his second bronze medal there. He denied this following fights: Win over Avtandil Gogolischwili, Georgia and Ruslan Kinchagow, Uzbekistan, losing to Chadschimurad Magomedov, Russia ( 0-4 points) and victories over Magomed Ibragimov, Azerbaijan and Sebahattin Öztürk, Turkey.
Then he abruptly ended his career wrestler and became technical director of the freestyle team in the Iranian Wrestling Federation. However, in 2000 he undertook a comeback. He qualified this in March 2000 in Alexandria with a tournament victory for the participation at the Olympic Games in Sydney. In Sydney, he then took part in the Olympics for the fourth time already. He won there in the middleweight Nicolae Ghita, Romania, Vincent Aka Akesse, France and Gabor Kapuvári, Hungary, but then lost against Yoel Romero Palacio, Cuba and Magomed Ibragimov, Macedonia, for which he had to 4th place and a medal just missed.
During his area of responsibility as technical director of the Iranian wrestler Association of Iran was second of the tournament ( 2x gold, 1 bronze ) at the Wrestling World Championships 1997 ( freestyle) Krasnojarskin in the national rankings. A year later, his team won this national competition at the Wrestling World Championships 1998 ( freestyle) in Tehran (3x gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze ).
He is currently a deputy in the Iranian Parliament as a representative from Tehran.
International success
Notes
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
- Light weight until 68 kg, welterweight, and 74 kg middleweight until 1996-82 kg 1997-2001 kg and 85 kg body weight
Swell
- Journal The Ringer
- Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "