Masoud Esmailpourjouybari

Masoud Esmailpourjouybari, 2014

Masoud Mahmoud Esmailpourjouybari (born August 6, 1988 ) is an Iranian wrestler . In 2014 he was runner-up in the free style world championship in the weight class up to 61 kg.

Career

Masoud Esmailporjouybari began wrestling as a teenager in 2001. He concentrated on the free style. He wrestles with a height of 1.70 meters in the weight class up to 60 kg (feather weight) or 61 kg body weight. He is a student, belongs to the Khadem wrestling club and is trained by the former world champion Rasoul Khadem .

He made his first start at international wrestling championships in August 2004 at the Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Bishkek. He took 4th place in the weight class up to 50 kg. In 2005 he won his first international championship title at the same championship in Oarai / Japan in the weight class up to 54 kg. In September 2006 he took part in the Junior World Championships in Guatemala City. In the bantamweight division he lost his first fight against Murtas Kwesadze from Georgia, dropped out and only came in 16th place. His most successful year as a junior wrestler was in 2008. First he was Asian junior featherweight champion in Doha and then he was also junior world champion in the same weight class in Istanbul.

In 2009 Masoud Esmailpourjouybari was used for the first time in an international championship in the senior sector. He came in at the Asian Championship in Pattaya in featherweight behind Jo Tong-hyok, North Korea and Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolia on the 3rd place. In 2010 he was the first Asian featherweight champion in New Delhi. He referred Shogo Maeda, Japan, Lee Seung-chul, South Korea and Dauren Schumagasiew, Kazakhstan to the next places. In 2012 he took second place at the Asian Championships in Gumi / South Korea in featherweight behind Yogeshwar Dutt from India. In March 2012, he then qualified for the Olympic Games in London at the tournament in Astana. He referred the featherweight Yogeshwar Dutt, Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan and Farchodi Usmoonzoda, Tajikistan, to the places. At the Olympic wrestling tournament in London, Masoud Esmailpourjouybari began featherweight victories over Guillermo Torres Cervantes, Mexico and Dauren Schumagaliew. But then he lost in the quarterfinals against Besik Kuduchow from Russia. Since this reached the final, he was able to continue in the consolation round, but lost to Yogeshwar Dutt, which he was finally eliminated and took seventh place.

In May 2013, Masoud Esmailpourjouybari was also on the Iranian team that played international matches against the United States and Russia in New York and aimed to convince the International Olympic Committee that wrestling remains an Olympic sport.

In June 2013 he became Iranian featherweight champion ahead of Abbas Dabaaghi and Farzad Jafari. In September 2013 he took part in the World Championships in Budapest. In the featherweight he won there over Hacı Əliyev , Azerbaijan, Krzysztof Bienkowski, Poland and Reece Humphrey, United States. Then he lost to Bekchan Goigerejew , Russia, but was able to fight for a bronze medal in the World Cup with a victory in the consolation round over Artur Arakeljan, Armenia.

In April 2014 he was again Asian champion in the weight class up to 61 kg in Almaty ahead of Bajrang Bajrang, India, Daulet Nijasbekow, Kazakhstan and Narmandachyn Lchamgarmaa , Mongolia. At the World Championships in Tashkent in September 2014, he was one of the favorites in his weight class. He also lived up to this role, although he could not win the title. In Tashkent, he defeated Mikola Bolotnjuk, Slovakia, Enchsaichany Njam-Otschir , Mongolia, Vladimir Dubov from Bulgaria, the 2013 vice world champion and Artas Sana from Kazakhstan. In the final he met Hacı Əliyev, whom he had just beaten 9: 8 points at the 2013 World Cup. This time he had to give Hacı Əliyev the victory in a gripping and exciting fight with 7:12 points. He became vice world champion.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2004	4th	Asian. Junior Championship (Cadets) in Bishkek	up to 50 kg	behind Altinbek Alimbayev, Kyrgyzstan, Salamut Yermasarow, Kazakhstan and Ichtijor Nawrusow, Uzbekistan
2005	1.	Asian. Junior Championship (Cadets) in Oarai / Japan	up to 54 kg	before Balraj Singh, India and Ruslan Kassimow, Kazakhstan
2006	16.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	Bantam	after losing to Murtas Kwesadze, Georgia
2008	1.	Asian. Junior Championship in Doha	feather	before Hardeep Singh, India, Kotaro Tanaka, Japan and Ali Waled, Iraq
2008	1.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	feather	before Alejandro Enrique Valdez, Cuba, Mulhammet Demir, Turkey and Ljubomir Semak, Ukraine
2009	5.	World Cup in Tehran	feather	behind Selimchan Huseinow , Azerbaijan, Evgeni Chawilow , Ukraine, Besik Kuduchow , Russia and Malchaz Zarkua, Georgia
2009	3.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	feather	behind Jo Tong-hyok, North Korea and Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolia
2010	3.	Takhti Cup in Esfahan	feather	behind Seyed Mourad Mohammadi Pahnekalaei and Mostafa Aghajaniozonbalagh, both Iran
2010	1.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	feather	before Shogo Maeda, Japan, Lee Seung-chul, South Korea and Dauren Schumagasiew, Kazakhstan
2012	2.	Asian Championship in Gumi / South Korea	feather	behind Yogeshwar Dutt, India, in front of the band bayan monk , Mongolia and Tomotsuga Ishida, Japan
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Astana	feather	before Yogeshwar Dutt, Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan and Farchodei Usmoonzoda, Tajikistan
2012	5.	World Cup in Baku	feather	behind Scott Coleman , USA, Kenichi Yumoto , Japan, Hacı Əliyev , Azerbaijan and Alexander Bogomojew , Russia
2012	1.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	feather	in front of Adama Diatta, Senegal, Meishan Aschirow, Kazakhstan and Yunier Castillo Silveira, Spain
2012	7th	OS in London	feather	after victories over Guillermo Torres Cervantes, Mexico and Dauren Schumagasiew and defeats against Besik Kuduchow and Yogeshwar Dutt
2013	1.	World Cup in Tehran	feather	in front of Münir Recep Aktas, Turkey, Shogo Maeda and Alexander Bogomojew
2013	3.	World Cup in Budapest	feather	after victories over Hacı Əliyev, Krzysztof Bienkowski, Poland and Reece Humphrey, USA, a defeat against Bekchan Goigerejew , Russia and a victory over Artur Arakeljan, Armenia
2014	1.	Asian Championship in Almaty	up to 61 kg	before Bajrang Bajrang, India, Daulet Nijasbekow, Kazakhstan and Narmandachyn Lchamgarmaa , Mongolia
2014	2.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 61 kg	after victories over Kikola Bolotnjuk, Slovakia, Enchsaichany Njam-Otschir , Mongolia, Vladimir Dubow, Bulgaria and Artas Sana, Kazakhstan and a defeat against Hacı Əliyev

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM 0 European 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 new weight classification has been in effect by the world wrestling association FILA (renamed United World Wrestling "UWW" since September 2014)

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Masoud Esmailpourjouybari at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Masoud Esmailpourjouybari in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )