Sajjad Anoushiravani

Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad ( listen ^{? / I} ; born May 12, 1984 in Ardabil ) is an Iranian weightlifter . He won the silver medal in super heavyweight at the 2012 Olympics .

Career

Sajjad Anoushiravani, a 1.92 meter tall and 150 kg heavy athlete, first appeared on the international weightlifting stage in 2010. At this point he was already 26 years old. For this unusually late start of an international weightlifting career, the fact that there has been an unusual range of excellent weightlifters, especially in super heavyweight, in Iran for many years contributed in the first place.

In September 2010 he started at the World Championships in Antalya and came in 5th place with a duel of 426 kg (191-235). The winner of this championship was his compatriot Behdad Salimikordasiabi , with whom he also got to do in the following competitions. In November 2010 Sajjad Anoushiravani took 3rd place at the Asian Games in Guangzhou // China with 427 kg (195-232) and won his first medal at an international championship.

In 2011 he increased at the World Championships in Paris in a duel to 439 kg (198-241) and was behind Behdad Salimikordasiabi, who came in a duel to 464 kg (214-250), on the 2nd place. In the individual disciplines of tearing and pushing, he won a bronze and a silver medal.

At the Asian Championships 2012 Sajjad Anoushiravani reached in a duel 431 kg (193-238) and thus took 3rd place. He was in excellent shape at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He increased there in a duel to 449 kg (204-245) and thus won behind Behdad Salimikordasiabi, 455 kg (208-247), the silver medal. He referred the Russian Ruslan Albegow , who came to 448 kg (208-240), by his good shock performance on the 3rd place.

At the 2013 World Cup, he was not used because of differences with the Iranian Weightlifting Association.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2010	5.	World Cup in Antalya	Super heavy	at 426 kg (191-235); Winner: Behdad Salimikordasiabi, Iran, 453 kg (208–245) ahead of Matthias Steiner , Germany, 440 kg (194–246)
2010	3.	Asian Games in Guangzhou / China	Super heavy	with 427 kg (195–232), behind Behdad Salimikordasiabi, 440 kg (205–235) and Jeon Sang-guen , South Korea, 428 kg (190–238)
2011	2.	World Cup in Paris	Super heavy	with 439 kg (198–241), behind Behdad Salimikordasiabi, 464 kg (214–250), in front of Jeon Sang-guen, 433 kg (192–241)
2012	3.	Asian Championship in Pyoengtaek / South Korea	Super heavy	with 431 kg (193–238), behind Bedhad Salimikordasiabi, 451 kg (206–245) and Jeon Sang-guen, 437 kg (200–237)
2012	silver	OS in London	Super heavy	with 449 kg (204–245), behind Behdad Salimikordasiabi, 455 kg (208–247), in front of Ruslan Albegow, Russia, 448 kg (208–240)

World Cup individual medals

• World Cup silver medals: 2011 / pushing
• World Cup bronze medals: 2011 / tear

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Super heavyweight, weight class over 105 kg body weight

swell

• Athletics magazine
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig (IAT)

Web links

• Sajjad Anoushiravani in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )