Behdad Salimi

Behdad Salimi
Salimi at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Full name Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi
Nickname(s) "Iranian Hercules"
Nationality Iranian
Born (1989-12-08) 8 December 1989
Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Residence Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Education Physical Education[1]
Alma mater Qaemshahr University
Height 1.90–1.97 m[1][2][3]
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) +105 kg
Club Zob Ahan
Melli Haffari[2]
Coached by Ghasem Ghazalian
Kourosh Bagheri
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 216 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 255 kg (2014, AGR)
  • Total: 465 kg (2014, AGR)

Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی كردآسیابی‎, born 8 December 1989) is an Iranian heavyweight weightlifter. He won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, 2010–2018 Asian Games, 2010–2011 world championships and 2009–2012 Asian Championships. He served as the flag bearer Iran at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games.[1][4][5][6]

Career

Salimi with coaches at the 2018 Asian Games

At the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships Salimi won the gold medal in the +105 kg category.[7] Salimi won gold again in the +105 kg category at the 2010 Asian Games with a 205 kg snatch and a 235 kg clean and jerk.[8]

Salimi won the gold medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in Paris, France on 13 November 2011, and set a new snatch world record of 214 kg.[9]

Salimi became the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the +105 kg category on 7 August 2012 with a 208 kg snatch, a 247 kg clean and jerk for a total of 455 kg.[10][11]

Despite a torn ACL, total knee re-construction and over two years out of the game, Behdad Salimi returned to weightlifting in 2016 to compete in the Fajr Cup, held in Tehran, Iran and won gold.[12]

Salimi made a weightlifting comeback, in the Rio 2016 Olympics,[13] where he bettered his own world record in the snatch and completed a clean & jerk lift which was approved by all three referees before being controversially disqualified by the jury.[14] Iran’s National Olympics Committee filed an application to the CAS.[15] The International Weightlifting Federation website was hacked on the next morning and its Instagram page flooded with over 285,000 comments.[16]

Leaving national team

After 2012 London Olympic games he and other Olympic medalists of Iran protested against Iran's national weightlifting team head coach Kourosh Bagheri for using offensive language in training and declined to attend national team exercises. As a result of a heavy argument on a live TV debate between Salimi and Kourosh Bagheri, the Iranian Weightlifting Federation dismissed Salimi and other weightlifters, who later on sided by Salimi in public and did not invite any of the London medalists for the 2013 Asian Weightlifting Championships and 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.

In late August 2018, he officially announced his retirement from the national team due the injured knee hurting him for further plays after he wore out shoes on the board.[17]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012United Kingdom London, United Kingdom+105 kg2012052082247264--14551st, gold medalist(s)
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil+105 kg2062112161245245245---
World Championships
2010Turkey Antalya, Turkey+105 kg2032082112nd, silver medalist(s)2412452472nd, silver medalist(s)4531st, gold medalist(s)
2011France Paris, France+105 kg2012092141st, gold medalist(s)2412502601st, gold medalist(s)4641st, gold medalist(s)
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan+105 kg2062112112nd, silver medalist(s)2462512573rd, bronze medalist(s)4572nd, silver medalist(s)
2017United States Anaheim, United States+105 kg2052112162nd, silver medalist(s)24124225254533rd, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Games
2010China Guangzhou, China+105 kg201201205123524124124401st, gold medalist(s)
2014South Korea Incheon, South Korea+105 kg2002102151241255--14651st, gold medalist(s)
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia+105 kg200206208223724625314611st, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2009Kazakhstan Taldykorgan, kazakhstan+105 kg1801901971st, gold medalist(s)220231--1st, gold medalist(s)4211st, gold medalist(s)
2011China Tongling, China+105 kg2002052081st, gold medalist(s)241250--1st, gold medalist(s)4581st, gold medalist(s)
2012South Korea Pyeongtaek, South Korea+105 kg1962012061st, gold medalist(s)2452602601st, gold medalist(s)4511st, gold medalist(s)
Fajr cup
2016Iran Tehran, Iran+105 kg1952012051st, gold medalist(s)2252312313rd, bronze medalist(s)4301st, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2008Colombia Cali, Colombia+105 kg1811861902nd, silver medalist(s)2202262263rd, bronze medalist(s)4063rd, bronze medalist(s)
2009Romania Bukarest, Romania+105 kg1811901951st, gold medalist(s)2222282351st, gold medalist(s)4231st, gold medalist(s)
Asian Junior Championships
2008South Korea Jeonju, South Korea+105 kg1852nd, silver medalist(s)2222nd, silver medalist(s)4072nd, silver medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 BEHDAD SALIMIKORDASIABI. asiangames2018.id
  2. 1 2 "Behdad Salimi". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Behdad Salimi. London2012.com. Retrieved on 30 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Behdad Salimi". iwf.net. IWF. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. ↑ سليمي به تيم وزنه‌برداري ذوب آهن پيوست ورزش ۳
  6. ↑ Jury Panel Lets Iran’s Salimi Down in Men's 105+kg. Kayhan.ir (17 August 2016). Retrieved on 2018-08-30.
  7. ↑ "Behdad Salimi Wins the Supers at the World Weightlifting Championships". IronMind. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Asian Games Weightlifting: Behdad Salimi Wins the Supers!". IronMind. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Behdad Salimi: 216-kg World Record Snatch". IronMind. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Iran's Behdad Salimi Won Gold Medal in Men's Weightlifting +105kg". Kabir News. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  11. ↑ London 2012 105kg superheavyweight men – Olympic Weightlifting. London2012.com. Retrieved on 30 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Bend, Bar (2 June 2016). "Behdad Salimi Returns to Competition, Goes 205/225 at Fajr Cup". Bar Bend Blog. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Top weightlifters to watch in Rio". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Iran slam Olympic lifting conspiracy as riot police called". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  15. ↑ Iran files application to CAS on Salimi’s case – Mehr News Agency. En.mehrnews.com (17 August 2016). Retrieved on 2018-08-30.
  16. ↑ International Weightlifting Federation website hacked after Iranian’s controversial Olympic exit. AFP via Japan Times
  17. ↑ سایت شبکه ورزش – بهداد سلیمی در گفتگوی اختصاصی با شبکه ورزش سیما از دنیای حرفه ای خداحافظی کرد ,بهداد سلیمی. Varzeshtv.ir. Retrieved on 30 August 2018.
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