Saeid Mohammadpour

	Saeid Mohammadpour
	Personal information
Surname:	Saeid Mohammadpour Karkaragh
Nationality:	Iran
Society:	Melli Haffari Company Ahvaz SC
Date of birth:	March 3, 1993
Place of birth:	Ardabil , Iran
Size:	1.80 m
Medal table
Olympic games
World championships

Saeid Mohammadpour Karkaragh ( Persian سعید محمدپور کرکرق,; * March 3, 1993 in Ardabil ) is a former Iranian weightlifter .

biography

Saeid Mohammadpour, who was Junior World Champion in 2011 and 2012, won silver in pushing and tackling at the 2011 World Championships .

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , he competed in the middle heavyweight division and finished fifth. After being the only athlete among the top seven who did not have a positive doping test, he was subsequently named Olympic champion in 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Doping: three Olympic champions disqualified. October 27, 2016, accessed May 18, 2020 .

Web links

Saeid Mohammadpour in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Mohammadpour, Saeid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mohammadpour Karkaragh, Saeid (full name); سعید محمدپور کرکرق (farsi)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ardabil , Iran

[1] Doping: three Olympic champions disqualified. October 27, 2016, accessed May 18, 2020 .