Reza Atri Nagharchi (Persian: رضا اطری نقارچی, born 8 August 1994 in Tehran) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He won a gold medal at the 2019 Asian Championships, and bronze medals at the 2017 Asian Championships and 2018 Asian Games.[3][4][5]
 Atri at the 2018 Asian Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | رضا اطری نقارچی |
| Full name | Reza Atri Nagharchi |
| Nationality |  Iran |
| Born | 8 August 1994 Tehran,[1] Iran |
| Home town | Babol,[2] Iran |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Iran |
| Sport | Amateur wrestling |
| Weight class | 57-61 kg |
| Event | Freestyle |
| Club | Wrestling Club, Babol |
| Coached by | Mahmoud Hassannia |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 5th (2020) |
| World finals | 5th (2019)
 (2022) |
| Regional finals |  (2017)
 (2019) |
Medal record | |
Career edit
Atri began his professional career with a silver medal at the Junior Asian Championship, 2014 in the 55 kg division.[6] Moving up to the senior level, Atri achieved a bronze medal at the 2015 Military World Games. In the following year, Atri earned two gold medals in the Aleksandr Medved's Prizes,[7] and the Paris Grand Prix.[8] At the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships, Atri was awarded a bronze medal after defeating his opponent from South Korea.[9] At the 2018 Asian games, Atri wrestled in the 57 kg division and won a bronze medal after defeating Bhagawati Sah Teli, Sandeep Tomar, and Kim Sung-gwon. A year after, Atri won a gold medal at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships after defeating Kang Kum-song in the final match. In the same year, Atri secured the fifth place in the World Championships and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Atri won against Süleyman Atlı and Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar and proceeded to the semifinal, but then lost to Zaur Uguev. He didn't advance to the final match and ended up tied fifth.[10]
On 18 September 2022, he competed at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in the 61 kg division and won a silver medal. He won four matches by defeating Besir Alili, Islam Bazarganov, Georgi Vangelov, and Narmandakhyn Narankhüü. However, Atri lost the final match to the Japanese wrestler Rei Higuchi.
Achievements edit
- World Championships –
2022 - World Cup –
2016 - Asian Championships –
2017, 2019 - Asian Games – 2018
- Paris Tournament – 2016
- Aleksandr Medved's Prizes – 2016
- Military World Games – 2015
- Asian Junior Championship – 2014
References edit
- ^ "اطری: امسال در اولین روز مسابقات جهانی، کشتی میگیرم/ دریغ از یک تماس ساده از بابلیها برای حال و احوال!". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "روستایی زاده ای از بابل". Keyhan Varzeshi. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Reza Atri. asiangames2018.id
- ^ "Reza Atri". iat.uni-leipzig.de.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "2014, JUNIOR ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF).
- ^ "ALEXANDRE MEDVED'S PRIZES,2016" (PDF).
- ^ "Paris Tournament,2016" (PDF).
- ^ "2017 Asian Championships".
- ^ "olympics-2020".
External links edit
Media related to Reza Atri at Wikimedia Commons- Reza Ahmadali Atri Nagharchi at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi at United World Wrestling
- Reza Atrinagharchi at Olympics.com
- Reza Atri at Olympedia
- Reza Atri on Instagram
- Reza Atri on Facebook
