Hassan Yazdani

Hassan Yazdani
Personal information
Native name حسن یزدانی
Full name Hassan Yazdani Charati
Nationality  Iran
Born (1994-12-28) December 28, 1994
Jouybar, Mazandaran, Iran
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Coached by Mohammad Talaei

Hassan Yazdani Cherati (Persian: حسن یزدانی چراتی; born 28 December 1994 in Lapu Sahra, Chapakrud Rural District,[2] Juybar County, Iran) is an Iranian wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 74 kg category in freestyle wrestling at the 2016 Olympic Games after beating Russian Aniuar Geduev.

Career

Yazdani earned a gold medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships. The following year, he placed second at the Senior World Championships, losing to Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov of Russia in the finals by a score of 10-3. After bumping up to 74 kg., Yazdani claimed gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, defeating Aniuar Geduev 6-6 with criteria by scoring the final points.

Major achievements

Results

Result Round Opponent Score
2015 World Championship / United States Las Vegas / Silver medal (70kg)
Win Round of 32  Jung Young-ho (KOR) 16–4
Win Round of 16  Miroslav Kirov (BUL) 6–1, Fall
Win Quarterfinals  Davit Tlashadze (GEO) 6–0, Fall
Win Semifinals  James Green (USA) 9–4
Loss Final  Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS) 3–10
2016 Olympics / Brazil Rio de Janeiro / Gold medal (74kg)
Win Round of 16  Asnage Castelly (HAI) 10–0
Win Quarterfinals  Soner Demirtaş (TUR) 7–0
Win Semifinals  Galymzhan Usserbayev (KAZ) 10–0
Win Final  Aniuar Geduev (RUS) 6–6

References


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