Rasoul Motamedi (Persian: رسول معتمدی, born 9 November 1998) is an Iranian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 102 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1] He also won a gold medal at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 102 kg weight division.[2]
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| Nationality | Iranian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101.70 kg (224 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 102 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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He won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.[3][4] He was unable to compete at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships due to injury.[5]
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
102 kg | 170 | 177 |  |
215 | 220 |  |
397 |
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| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
102 kg | 145 | 151 | 157 | 25 | 185 | 192 | 201 | 22 | 358 | 23 |
| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
102 kg | 166 | 173 |  |
210 | 220 | 227 | |
400 |
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| 2022 |  Manama, Bahrain |
109 kg | 170 | 174 | 180 | |
215 | 217 | -- | |
397 |
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| Islamic Solidarity Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Konya, Turkey |
102 kg | 171 | 177 | |
217 | 223 | |
400 |
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| Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
94 kg | 151 | 9 | 193 | 202 | |
353 | 4 | |||
References edit
- ^ Oliver, Brian (15 December 2021). "Australia's long wait for world champion goes on as favourite Cikamatana bombs out". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "2020 Asian championship". iwrp.net.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (16 October 2022). "Record-breaker Minasyan completes golden double for hosts Bahrain at Asian Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (22 November 2022). "Iran's weightlifting world champion Motamedi suffers Olympic qualifying injury blow". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
External links edit
- Rasoul Motamedi at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Rasoul Motamedi at the International Weightlifting Results Project