Hamid Soryan Reihanpour

Hamid Soryan 2008

Hamid Soryan Reihanpour medal table
Wrestler
Iran
Olympic games
gold	2012 London	Bantam
World Championship
gold	2005 Budapest	Bantam
gold	2006 Guangzhou	Bantam
gold	2007 Baku	Bantam
gold	2009 Herning	Bantam
gold	2010 Moscow	Bantam
gold	2014 Tashkent	Bantam
Asian Championships
gold	2007 Bishkek	Bantam
gold	2008 Jeju-si	Bantam
Junior World Championship
gold	2005 Vilnius	Bantam Juniors
Asian Junior Championship
silver	2004 Almaty	Bantam
gold	2005 Jeju-si	Bantam

Hamid Soryan Reihanpour ( Persian حمید سوریان ریحانپور; *  August 24, 1985 in Tehran ) is an Iranian wrestler . He is a six-time world champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style bantamweight .

Career

Hamid Soryan began wrestling as a teenager in his hometown of Tehran in 1996. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the Babas wrestling club . At a height of 1.58 meters he wrestles in bantamweight and since 2010 in less important events in featherweight .

He was already very successful as a junior. In 2005 he was Asian junior champion in Jeju-si / South Korea and in the same year in Vilnius also junior world champion in bantamweight in front of such good wrestlers as Scherah Schodmanow from Uzbekistan , Rövşən Bayramov from Azerbaijan and Rewas Laschchi from Georgia . Finally, in the same year in Budapest, he also became world champion among seniors. On the way to this title he defeated Wugar Ragimow from Ukraine , Bayram Özdemir from Turkey , Lázaro Rivas from Cuba , Ermek Kuketow from Kazakhstan and Park Eun-chul from South Korea.

At the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou , Hamid Soryan proved that winning the 2005 world title was no coincidence, as he won his second world title there. He defeated Vicente Lillo Garcia from Spain , Wugar Ragimow, Wenelin Wenkow from Bulgaria , Lindsey Durlacher from the United States and Rövşən Bayramov. In 2007 he was the first Asian champion in Bishkek ahead of Cha Kwang Su from North Korea and Lee Jang-baik from South Korea. He became world champion again that year in Baku . He defeated the following wrestlers: Shane Parker from Australia , Anders Nyblom from Denmark , Lindsey Durlacher, Virgil Munteanu from Romania , Kristijan Fris from Serbia and Park Eun-chul.

After winning the Asian championship title again in Jeju-si in 2008, Hamid Soryan, as a three-time world champion, naturally went to the Olympic Games in Beijing as a favorite . In his first two fights he defeated Wenelin Wenkow and Elgin Elwais from Palau safely on points. In his third fight he had to accept a narrow point defeat (1: 2 rounds with 4: 4 points) against Nasir Mankijew from Russia, which meant that the dream of Olympic victory was already over. He then won against Kristijan Fris, but lost in the fight for an Olympic bronze medal against Park Eun-chul, whom he had defeated several times before, just by points (1: 2 rounds, 3: 3 points) and therefore had to with the 5th place.

At the 2009 World Cup in Herning / Denmark , he then proved that he had processed this defeat well, because he won in Herning with wins over Joaquim Martinez Abellan, Spain , Spenser Thomas Mango , United States, Erhan Karakus , Turkey, Håkan Nyblom , Denmark and Roman Amojan , Armenia, his fourth world title. He followed this title with his fifth world title at the World Championships in Moscow with victories over Mohammad Bouterfassa, Algeria , Wenelin Wenkow, Jani Haapamäki , Finland , Roman Amojan and Choi Gyu-jin , South Korea. After this championship he lost his form. This was already evident at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. He finished there as the reigning world champion only in 5th place. In 2011 he did not get any top results and he was not used by the Iranian Wrestling Association at the world championship in Istanbul.

In the 2012 Olympic year, however, he got himself back into good shape and won the Olympic qualifying tournament in Astana with a 2nd place behind the Japanese Kohei Hasegawa, the right to start at the Olympic Games in London . In London he was finally back in top form and won the Olympic gold medal he had missed in 2008 with victories over Arsen Erakijew, Kyrgyzstan, Peter Modos , Hungary , Håkan Nyblom and Rövşən Bayramov.

With this Olympic victory and the five world championship titles, Hamid Soryan is one of the greats in wrestling.

After Hamid Soryan Reihanpour took a break in 2013, he took part again in the World Cup in Tashkent in 2014. He started there in the weight class up to 59 kg and won the world title for the sixth time with victories over Alex Anechite, Romania, Haitham Mahmoud Fahmy, Egypt, Ismael Borrero Molina , Cuba, Taleh Mammadow, Azerbaijan, Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan and Mingijan Semjonow , Russia .

In 2015 Hamid Soryan Reihanpour did not start at any international championships. He first had to qualify to take part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , as no other Iranian wrestler had fought for a place in this weight class in 2015. He only managed to qualify at the third attempt. At the qualifying tournament in Astana in March 2016 , he finished 7th in the weight class up to 59 kg, at the qualifying tournament in Ulaan-Baatar in April 2016 he only came in 11th and at the qualifying tournament in Istanbul in May 2016, he won ahead of Jesse David Thielke from the United States.

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Hamid Soryan Reihanpour lost in the first round against the Japanese Shinobu Ōta . Since this reached the final, he was able to continue fighting in the consolation round, but lost there against Almat Kebispajew from Kazakhstan and only reached 11th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2001	7th	Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Tehran	up to 46 kg	Winner: Mohammad Alishzadeh, Iran ahead of B. Bektaschow, Kyrgyzstan
2004	2.	Asian Junior Championship in Almaty	Bantam	behind Aisultan Baisaqow , Kazakhstan , in front of Elbek Tojiew, Uzbekistan and Ruslan Tümönbajew , Kyrgyzstan
2005	1.	Asian Junior Championship in Jeju-si / South Korea	Bantam	in front of Lee Jung-baek , South Korea and Ryo Minemura, Japan
2005	1.	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	Bantam	before Scherah Schodmanow, Uzbekistan, Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan and Rewas Laschchi , Georgia
2005	1.	World Cup in Budapest	Bantam	after victories over Wugar Ragimow , Ukraine, Bayram Özdemir , Turkey , Lázaro Rivas , Cuba , Ermek Kuketow , Kazakhstan and Park Eun-chul , South Korea
2006	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Rövşən Bayramov, Azerbaijan and Irakli Chochua , Georgia
2006	1.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Bantam	after victories over Vicente Lillo Garcia (Spain), Wugar Ragimow, Wenelin Wenkow (Bulgaria), Lindsey Durlacher (USA) and Rowschan Bajramow
2007	1.	Asian Championships in Bishkek	Bantam	before Cha Kwang-su , North Korea and Lee Jung-baek, South Korea
2007	3.	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow tournament in Sofia	Bantam	behind Wenelin Wenkow and Maxim Mordovin, Russia
2007	1.	World Cup in Baku	Bantam	after victories over Shane Parker, Australia , Anders Nyblom , Denmark , Lindsey Durlacher, Virgil Munteanu , Romania , Kristijan Fris , Serbia and Park Eun-chul
2008	1.	Asian Championship in Jeju-si	Bantam	before Cha Kwang-su, North Korea and Kohei Hasegawa , Japan
2008	5.	OS in Beijing	Bantam	after victories over Wenelin Wenkow, Elgin Elwais , Palau and Kristijan Fris and defeats against Nasir Mankijew , Russia and Park Eun-chul
2009	1.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after victories over Joaquim Martinez Abellan , Spain , Spenser Thomas Mango , USA, Erhann Karakus, Turkey, Håkan Nyblom , Denmark and Roman Amojan , Armenia
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi	feather	before Yerbol Konuratow, Kazakhstan and Rewas Laschchi
2010	1.	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after victories over Mohamed Bouterfassa, Algeria , Wenelin Wenkow, Jani Haapamäki , Finland , Roman Amojan and Choi Gyu-jin , South Korea
2010	5.	Asia Games in Guangzhou	Bantam	behind Kohei Hasegawa, Kanybek Solschubekow, Kyrgyzstan, Li Shujin , China and Marat Karischatow, Kazakhstan
2011	13.	Giwi Kartosija & Wachtang Blagidze tournament in Tbilisi	feather	Winner: Dilschod Aripow , Uzbekistan ahead of Irakli Chochua, Georgia
2011	5.	FILA test tournament in London	feather	behind Aslan Abdullin, Russia, Tarik Belmadani, France , Håkan Nyblom and Woo Seung-jae, South Korea
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Astana	Bantam	behind Kohei Hasegawa, in front of Aschkat Kudaibergenow, Kazakhstan and Rajender Kumar, India
2012	2.	World Cup in Saransk	Bantam	behind Lee Jung-baek, South Korea, ahead of Madi Sharbalow, Kazakhstan and Elçin Əliyev , Azerbaijan
2012	gold	OS in London	Bantam	with victories over Arsen Eralijew, Kyrgyzstan, Péter Módos , Hungary , Håkan Nyblom and Rövşən Bayramov
2014	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	up to 59 kg	in front of Rahman Bilici, Turkey, Stig Andre Berge, Norway and Shinobu Ota, Japan
2014	1.	"Wladyslaw Pytlasinski" tournament in Gdansk	up to 66 kg	before Dominik Etlinger, Croatia, Edgaras Venckaitis, Lithuania and Frank Stäbler , Germany
2014	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 59 kg	after victories over Alex Anechite, Romania, Haitham Mahmoud Fahmy, Egypt, Ismael Borrero Molina, Cuba, Taleh Mammadow, Azerbaijan, Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan and Mingijan Semjonow, Russia
2015	9.	"Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow" tournament in Sofia	up to 59 kg	Winner: Iwo Angelow ahead of Alexander Kostadinow, both Bulgaria
2015	23.	"Wladyslaw Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw	up to 59 kg	Winner: Mingijan Semjonow ahead of Iwo Angelow
2016	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Astana	up to 59 kg	Winner: Wang Lumin, China ahead of Shinobu Ōta , Japan
2016	11.	Olympic qualification tournament in Ulaan-Baatar	up to 59 kg	Winner: Kim Seung-hak , South Korea ahead of Stig Andre Berge, Norway
2016	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	in front of Jesse David Thielke, USA
2016	11.	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 59 kg	after defeats against Shinobu Ōta and Almat Kebispajew , Kazakhstan

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 55 kg, feather weight, up to 60 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013, since January 1, 2014 a weight class division has been in effect by the world wrestling association FILA)

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Hamid Soryan Reihanpour at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Hamid Soryan Reihanpour in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )