Amir Reza Khadem

Amir Reza Khadem medal table
Amir Reza Khadem
Wrestling (men)
Iran
Olympic Summer Games
bronze	1992 Barcelona	74 kg
bronze	1996 Atlanta	82 kg
World championships
gold	1991 Varna	74 kg
bronze	1990 Tokyo	74 kg
Asian Games
gold	1994 Hiroshima	82 kg
Asian Championships
gold	1992 Tehran	74 kg
gold	1993 Ulan Bator	82 kg
silver	1991 New Delhi	74 kg

Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi ( Persian امیررضا خادم Amir-Reza Chadem , born February 10, 1970 in Mashhad ) is a former Iranian freestyle wrestler and current politician . He participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , 1992 in Barcelona , 1996 in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney .

Career

Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi is the son of the 1962 featherweight runner-up in freestyle wrestling, Mohammad Khadem Khorasani, and the brother of Rasoul Khadem Azghani. He also started wrestling as a teenager and was trained by his father. He also wrestled in free style. At the age of 18, he managed to qualify for the Iranian team at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He started there in the lightweight and won his first fight over the Egyptian El Khodary, then he lost to Jukka Rauhala , Finland, won over the Syrian Wattar and lost to the eventual Olympic champion Arsen Fadsajew , Soviet Union. He finished 11th.

In 1989 he started at the Junior World Championships (age group Espoirs) in Ulan Bator in the welterweight division and lost there in the final against Alexander Leipold from the Federal Republic of Germany. That was his only start at an international junior championship. In 1990 he won his first senior medal at the World Championships in Tokyo with 3rd place in the welterweight division behind Rahmat Sukra , Bulgaria and Nasir Gadschichanow , Russia.

In 1991 he was Asian runner-up in the welterweight division in New Delhi behind the Mongolian Lodoin Enchbajar , but a few months later he celebrated his greatest success in his career at the World Championships in Varna, where he was welterweight with victories over Krzysztof Walencik, Poland, Ioannis Athanassiadis, Greece, Kurtsis, Latvia, Tomihiro Tsunozaki, Japan, Alexander Leipold (6: 2 points), Lodoin Enchbajar, Mongolia and in the final over the actually favored American Kenneth Monday , whom he beat with 3: 1 points.

In April 1992 Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi was first Asian champion in Tehran. He relegated Yoshihiko Hara, Japan and Lodoin Enchbajar to their places. He drove to the Olympic Games in Barcelona that year with great hopes. He was also able to meet these expectations, even though he did not become an Olympic champion, but had to be content with a bronze medal . After victories over Barend Petrus Labuschagne, South Africa, Ioakim Vassiliadis, Greece and Gary Holmes, Canada, a defeat in the pool final against the South Korean Park Jang-soon with 1: 2 points was decisive. He won the battle for a bronze medal against Magomed Salam Gadschijew from the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly Soviet Union).

After these Olympic Games, Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi moved from world champion to middleweight division . In April 1993 he was again Asian champion in this weight class in Ulan Bator ahead of Bajanmönchiin Gantogtoch , Mongolia and Yang Hyung-mo from South Korea. He did not start at this year's World Cup. In 1994 he won the World Cup in Edmonton in front of Rasul Katinowasow , Russia and Kevin A. Jackson , United States. At the 1994 World Cup in Istanbul, however, he did not manage and only finished 11th there. For this he won the Asian Games in Hiroshima in October 1994 in front of former world champion Elmadi Jabrailow , Kazakhstan and Hidekaru Yokoyama from Japan. At the 1995 World Cup in Atlanta, he again failed to win a medal. He came in 7th place there.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he was in excellent shape again and won his second bronze medal there. He fought in the following fights: victories over Avtandil Gogolishvili, Georgia and Ruslan Kinchagow , Uzbekistan, defeat against Chadschimurad Magomedow , Russia (0: 4 points) and victories over Magomed Ibragimow, Azerbaijan and Sebahattin Öztürk , Turkey.

He then ended his wrestling career for the time being and became technical director of the freestyle team in the Iranian Wrestling Association. In 2000, however, he made a comeback. He qualified thereby in March 2000 in Alexandria with a tournament victory for participation in the Olympic Games in Sydney. In Sydney he took part in the Olympic Games for the fourth time. He won there in the middleweight division over Nicolae Ghita , Romania, Vincent Aka Akesse , France and Gabor Kapuvari, Hungary, but then lost to Yoel Romero , Cuba and Magomed Ibragimow, Macedonia, with which he came in 4th place and just missed a medal.

During his area of ​​responsibility as the technical director of the Iranian Wrestling Association, Iran was second in the tournament (2 × gold, 1 × bronze) at the World Wrestling Championships 1997 (freestyle) in Krasnoyarskin . A year later, his team won this national championship at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships (freestyle) in Tehran (3 × gold, 2 × silver, 1 × bronze).

He is currently a member of the Iranian parliament as a representative from Tehran .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1988	11.	OS in Seoul	Light	after a win over El-Khodary, Egypt, a loss to Jukka Rauhala, Finland, a win over Wattar, Syria and a loss to Arsen Fadzayev, Soviet Union
1969	2.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Ulan Bator	Welter	behind Alexander Leipold, Germany, in front of Nikolai Kasabow, Soviet Union and Andre Backhaus , GDR
1990	3.	World Cup in Tokyo	Welter	behind Rahmat Sukra , Bulgaria and Nasir Gadschichanow, Soviet Union, in front of Claudiu Tomaduianu, Romania and Rob Koll, USA
1991	2.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	Welter	behind Lodoin Enchbajar , Mongolia, in front of Tomohiro Tsunozaki, Japan
1991	1.	World Cup in Varna	Welter	before Kenneth Monday, USA, Nasir Gadschichanow and Alexander Leipold
1992	1.	Asian Championship in Tehran	Welter	before Yoshihiko Hara, Japan and Lodoin Enchbajar
1992	bronze	OS in Barcelona	Welter	after victories over Barend Petrus Labuschagne, South Africa, Ioakim Vassilidis, Greece and Gary Holmes, Canada, a defeat against Park Jang-soon, South Korea and a victory over Magomed Salam Gadschijew, CIS
1993	1.	Asian Championship in Ulan Bator	medium	in front of Bayan Monchiin Gantogtoch , Mongolia and Yang Hyung-mo , South Korea
1994	1.	World Cup in Edmonton	medium	before Rasul Katinowasow, Russia and Kevin Jackson , USA
1994	11.	World Cup in Istanbul	medium	Winner: Luchan Dschabrailow , Moldova ahead of Sebahattin Öztürk , Turkey and Hans Gsöttner , Germany
1994	1.	Asia Games in Hiroshima	medium	in front of Elmadi Jabrailow, Kazakhstan and Hidekazu Yokoyama, Japan
1995	7th	World Cup in Atlanta	medium	Winner: Kevin Jackson before Elmadi Jabrailow and Ruslan Kinchagow, Uzbekistan
1996	bronze	OS in Atlanta	medium	after victories over Avtandil Gogolishvili, Georgia and Ruslan Kinchagow, a defeat against Chadschimurad Magomedow, Russia and victories over Magomed Ibragimow, Azerbaijan and Sebahattin Öztürk
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Alexandria	medium	in front of Eldar Assanow, Ukraine and Beibulat Musajew, Belarus
2000	4th	Asian Championship in Guilin / China	medium	behind Rasul Katinowasow, Uzbekistan, Beibulat Omurakunow, Kyrgyzstan and Takenori Yokoyama, Japan
2000	4th	OS in Sydney	medium	after victories over Nicolae Ghita, Romania, Vincent Aka Akesse, France and Gabor Kapuvari, Hungary and defeats against Yoel Romero, Cuba and Magomed Ibragimow, Macedonia

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Lightweight, up to 68 kg, welterweight, up to 74 kg, middle weight, up to 1996 up to 82 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 85 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Profile of Amir Reza Khadem at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Profile of Amir Reza Khadem (as Ali Reza Khadem) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Amir Reza Khadem in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )