Amir Reza Khadem

Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi (Persian: امیررضا خادم ازغدی, born February 10, 1970) is an Iranian wrestler who won Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and 1996. He finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he won the 1991 World Championships, He also won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Championships and the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 Asian Championships and the 1994 Asian Games.

Amir Reza Khadem
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004  28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority693,603[1]
Personal details
Born
Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi

(1970-02-10) February 10, 1970
Mashhad, Iran
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Principlists Pervasive Coalition (2008)
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004)
Alma materShahid Beheshti University
Sports career
Country Iran
SportWrestling

He was trained by his father Mohammad Khadem, and his younger brother Rasoul Khadem was another world champion and an Olympic gold medalist of freestyle wrestling.

He is currently Vice Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in Legal, Parliamentary and Provincial Affairs, has been appointed for the position on 30 December 2013.[2]

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