Ali Mazaheri
Ali Mazaheri (born March 31, 1982 in Kermanshah ) ( Persian علی مظاهری) Is an Iranian amateur boxer in the heavyweight division . The 1.95 m tall Mazaheri boxes for the Jahan Foulad Gharb Kermanshah and won the Iranian Championships in 2008 and 2012.
His greatest successes so far were the gold medal at the 15th Asian Games in 2006 in Doha and the gold medal at the 24th Asian Championships in 2007 in Ulaanbaatar . In addition, he won a bronze medal each at the 25th Asian Championships in Zhuhai in 2009 and the 16th Asian Games in 2010 in Guangzhou .
At the 14th World Championships in Chicago in 2007 , he lost in the preliminary round against Milorad Gajović from Serbia. Also at the 29th Summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008 he lost in the first fight against the later Olympic champion Rachim Tschachkijew .
He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , where he also served as the flag bearer of the Iranian delegation at the opening ceremony . In his first fight he met the Cuban José Larduet and was highly controversial three times warned and finally disqualified. Mazaheri and his support team then protested, whereupon the world boxing association AIBA took up the matter. After evaluating the video recordings, the German referee Frank Scharmach was temporarily suspended. Since the Iranian team apparently failed to lodge a formal objection to the result in time, the Cuban won the day.
At the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea, he won the silver medal.
Tournament successes (selection)
- May 2006: 2nd place in the heavyweight division at the 21st Ahmet Comert Tournament in Istanbul
- July 2006: 1st place in the heavyweight division at the Green Hill Tournament in Karachi
- May 2008: 3rd place in the heavyweight division at the 1st AIBA Presidents Cup in Taipei
- December 2009: 3rd place in the heavyweight division at the 2nd AIBA Presidents Cup in Baku
- April 2010: 3rd place in the heavyweight division at the 1st Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara
- May 2010: 2nd place in the heavyweight division at the Sidney Jackson Memorial in Tashkent
- July 2010: 1st place in the heavyweight division at the 3rd Popenchenko Memorial in Moscow
- August 2010: 2nd place in the heavyweight division at the 3rd Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov Memorial in Grozny
- May 2012: 3rd place in the heavyweight division at the Governor Cup in Saint Petersburg
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mazaheri, Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian amateur boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kermanshah , Iran |