Komeil Ghasemi

Komeil Ghasemi (Persian: کمیل قاسمی‎, born 27 February 1988)[1] is a retired Iranian wrestler who won a gold medal in the men's freestyle 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Ghasemi was awarded his Olympic gold medal after the two wrestlers ahead of him failed drug tests.[2] Ghasemi is the most successful Iranian heavyweight wrestler at the Olympic Games.

Komeil Ghasemi
Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born (1988-02-27) 27 February 1988
Juybar, Iran
ResidenceJuybar, Iran
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men’s freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
2012 London 120 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro 125 kg
World Championships
2014 Tashkent125 kg
Asian Championships
2014 Astana 125 kg
2011 Tashkent 120 kg
2015 Doha 125 kg

He also won a silver medal at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 120 kg freestyle discipline.[3] He was born in Juybar, in Iran's Mazandaran province but spent his childhood in Sari, he started wrestling seriously after moving back to Juybar.[4][5] Following his Olympic appearance, Ghasemi won the 120 kg weight class at the 2013 Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran, helping his nation take gold in the tournament.[6] At the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships he won a gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle tournament,[7] while at that year's World Championships he took silver in the same event.[8] He took silver in the 125 kg freestyle event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, losing the final to Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan,[9] and the 2016 Summer Olympics, behind Taha Akgül of Turkey.[10] Ghasemi retired in 2019 after losing the Iranian trials for the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.[11]

References
  1. Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (August 2012). "Komeil Ghasemi Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "IOC Determines Taymazov Fails London Re-Test". United World Wrestling. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - TASHKENT 2011" (PDF). International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. "کمیل قاسمی: می‌خواستم بعد از طلای المپیک خداحافظی کنم". mashreghnews.ir. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. "Komeil Ghasemi". Athletes. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  6. "Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup". Tehran Times Volume. 11652 22 Feb 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  7. "Asian Senior Championship - New Delhi (IND)" (PDF). International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  8. "Iran's Komeil Ghasemi wins silver in World Wrestling Championships". Tehran Times. 9 September 2014.
  9. "Senior Asian Championship 2015 - Doha (QAT)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  10. "Rio Olympics 2016: Iran's Komeil Ghasemi wins silver in men's freestyle 125 kg". Press TV. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  11. Feiz, Ali (1 July 2019). "Three Yazdani's Win Iran Freestyle Team Trials, Ghasemi Retires". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 3 November 2019.


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