Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh

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Bashir Babajanzadeh vs. Eduard Popp

Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh ( Persian بشیر عسگرى باباجان‌زاده  ; * August 9, 1989 in Babol ) is an Iranian wrestler . He won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman style heavyweight at the 2011 World Championships .

Career

Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh started wrestling as a teenager in 1997. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style. He belongs to the Zeed WC Babol wrestling club and has been trained by Sayed Hashemi Mirzadeh since 2000. He is a sports student. At a height of 1.85 meters, he has been wrestling in the heavyweight division, in the weight class up to 120 kg, since he was a junior.

He celebrated his first success on the international wrestling mat in 2006 when he was Asian champion in the juniors (cadets) in the weight class up to 100 kg body weight. In 2007 he came in 7th place at the Junior World Championships in Antalya in the heavyweight division. He lost after winning two fights against Ricardo Melz from Germany . He was very successful in 2008. First he was Asian champion in the juniors and then he won a silver medal at the junior world championship in Istanbul in the heavyweight division . He defeated u. a. Soslan Farnijew from Russia and Sebastian Lönnborn from Sweden . He lost the final fight against Rıza Kayaalp from Turkey , who should become one of his main competitors at the international championships in the following years. In 2008 Bashir Babajanzadeh did his military service and was therefore able to take part in the World Military Championship in Split . At this first international championship in the senior sector, he took an excellent 2nd place behind Oleksandr Tschernezkyj from Ukraine , but ahead of Mindaugas Mizgaitis from Lithuania and Iosif Tschugoschwili from Belarus .

In 2009 he was Asian Junior Champion in Manila and also won a medal at the Junior World Championships in Ankara with 3rd place. He defeated there u. a. Eduard Popp from Germany, but lost again in the semifinals against Rıza Kayaalp. In 2010 he was not used in any international championships. In 2011 he became the senior Asian champion for the first time in Tashkent . In the final he defeated the Chinese Meng Qiang . The most valuable medal win of his career to date was achieved at the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul . He won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division there , which also earned him the right to start at the 2012 Olympic Games in London . He defeated Schota Gogishwanidze from Georgia , Iosif Tschugoschwili and Alexander Anutschin from Russia in Istanbul , lost in the quarter-finals to Mijaín López from Cuba and finally won this bronze medal in the consolation round with victories over Johan Eurén , Sweden and Lukasz Banak , Poland .

At the Olympic Games in London, Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh defeated Ali Nadhim Salman from Iran and Yuri Patrikejew , a former multiple European champion and bronze medalist from the Olympic Games in Beijing from Armenia, but then lost to Johan Eurén, whom he won at last year's World Cup had defeated. Since yours did not reach the final, he was eliminated and finished in 7th place. A small consolation for him was the victory at the Universities World Championship in Kuortane / Finland two months later. There he won ahead of Alichan Ayubow, Russia.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
2006 1. Asian Championship d. Juniors (Cadets) up to 100 kg before Murat Ramonow, Kyrgyzstan and Hiroki Fukuda, Japan
2007 4th World Cup in Antalya Heavy behind Oleksandr Tschernezkyj , Ukraine , Dremiel Byers , USA and İsmail Güzel , Turkey
2007 7th Junior World Championships in Beijing Heavy after victories over Orlando Ramirez, Mexico and Suchbat Chagijiew, Uzbekistan and a defeat against Ricardo Melz , Germany
2008 1. Junior Asian Championship Heavy before Abdumalik Sartbajew, Kazakhstan , Kim Yong-min, South Korea and Murat Ramonow
2008 2. Junior World Championships in Istanbul Heavy after victories over Soslan Farnijew , Russia , Sebastian Lönnborn, Sweden and Cesar Faghian, Romania and a defeat against Rıza Kayaalp , Turkey
2008 2. Military World Cup in Split Heavy behind Oleksandr Tschernezkyj, in front of Mindaugas Mizgaitis , Lithuania and Iosif Tschugoschwili , Belarus
2009 3. Yadegar Imam Cup in Qom Heavy behind Mohsen Beshinji, Iran and Emin Öztürk, Turkey
2009 1. Asian Junior Championship in Manila Heavy in front of Murat Ramonow, Hwang Jong-won, South Korea and Rakesh, India
2009 3. Junior World Championships in Ankara Heavy after victories over Igor Didyk, Ukraine, Eduard Popp , Germany, a defeat against Rıza Kayaalp and a victory over Schota Gogishwanidze, Georgia
2010 6th World Cup in Yerevan Heavy Winner: Juri Patrikejew , Armenia ahead of Rıza Kayaalp
2011 2. "Vehbe-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul Heavy behind Rıza Kayaalp, in front of Attila Güzel and Heiki Nabi , Estonia
2011 5. World Cup in Minsk Heavy behind Rıza Kayaalp, Nurmachan Tinalijew , Kazakhstan, Iosif Tschugoschwili and Iwan Ivanov, Bulgaria
2011 1. Asian championship in Tashkent Heavy before Meng Qiang, People's Republic of China , Ali Nadin Salman, Iraq and Murat Ramonow
2011 7th Golden Grand Prix in Baku Heavy Winner: Rıza Kayaalp ahead of Mihály Deák Bárdos , Hungary
2011 2. "Wladiyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Radom Heavy behind Ismail Güzel, in front of Iosif Tschugoschwili and Dremiel Byers
2011 3. World Cup in Istanbul Heavy after victories over Schota Gogishwanidze, Georgia, Iosif Tschugoschwili and Alexander Anutschin , Russia, a defeat against Mijaín López , Cuba and victories over Johan Eurén , Sweden and Lukasz Banak , Poland
2011 7th FILA test tournament in London Heavy Winner: Rıza Kayaalp ahead of Xenofon Koutsioubas, Greece
2012 1. Yadegar Imam Cup in Qom Heavy before Amir Ghasemi Monjazi, Iran and Attila Güzel, Turkey
2012 3. World Cup in Saransk Heavy behind Rıza Kayaalp and Kim Yong-min, South Korea
2012 7th OS in London Heavy after victories over Ali Nadhim Salman, Iraq and Juri Patrikejew and a loss to Johan Magnus Eurén
2012 1. Universities World Cup in Kuortane / Finland Heavy in front of Alichan Ayubow, Russia, Kamil Blonski, Poland and Xu Longsheng, China

Explanations

  • all competitions in Greco-Roman style
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
  • Heavyweight, weight class up to 120 kg body weight

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer
  • Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

Fight of Bashir Babajanzadeh (blue) against Schota Gogishwanidze at the Junior World Championship 2008