Komeil Ghasemi

Komeil Ghasemi ( born February 27, 1988 in Sary, Mazandaran ) is an Iranian wrestler. He won a bronze medal in the free style in the heavyweight division at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Career

Komeil Ghasemi began as a teenager in 1999 with the rings. He belongs to the Sports Club Zahid Farii Mazandaran, but also started already for the club Sadra Zirab. Has been trained or is he Hossein Naribi and Hassan Esmailipour. He wrestles exclusively in free style. The student is 1.83 meters tall and began his international career at light heavyweight and wrestling since 2010 in the heavyweight division.

In 2007 he took part in the Beijing World Youth Championship, where she won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division, which he. Against Alen Zasejew after a defeat, Russia by winning the small final on William Harth from Germany In 2008 he was in Doha Asian junior champion at light heavyweight before Ganbold Ganyam from Mongolia. In the same year he again won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, in the light heavyweight division. These he battled through a victory in the small final about a German wrestler, namely Kevin Schwäbe.

In the following years he was not initially used in international championships. This was because the competition is very big of powerful wrestlers in Iran. In 2010, he was then but in the Asia Cup in Tashkent in the heavyweight division at the start and finished there behind the Olympic champion Artur Taimasow from Uzbekistan to 2nd place.

In 2012, he sat down by at intra Iranian elimination competitions for the Olympic Games in London and represented his country there. He won in London on Arjan Bhullar of Canada, but lost in his second fight against Artur Taimasow. In the consolation round but he fought his way to yet with wins over Nick Matuhin from Germany and Tervel Dlagnev from the United States an Olympic bronze medal.

International success

Notes

  • All competitions in free style
  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
  • Light Heavyweight weight class up to 96 kg Heavy weight up to 120 kg body weight

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
  • Website of the Iranian wrestler Association
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