Hassan Yazdani

Hassan Yazdani

Hassan Yazdani at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Full name	Hassan Yazdani Cherati
Nickname(s)	Fearless, The Greatest
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1994-12-26) December 26, 1994 Jouybar, Mazandaran, Iran
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Turned pro	2015
Coached by	Mohammad Talaei Mahmoud Esmaeilpour Hossein Naghibi Ehsan lashgari
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 – – World Championships 1 1 – Asian Games 1 – – Asian Championships 1 – – World Cup 3 – – Islamic Solidarity Games 1 – – World Junior Championships 1 – – Asian Junior Championships 1 – – World Cadet Championships – 1 – Asian Cadet Championships – – 1 Representing  Iran Men's freestyle wrestling Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 74 kg World Championships 2017 Paris 86 kg 2015 Las Vegas 70 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 86 kg Asian Championships 2018 Bishkek 86 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 86 kg

Hassan Yazdani Cherati (Persian: حسن یزدانی چراتی‎) born 28 December 1994 in Lapu Sahra, Chapakrud Rural District,^[1] Juybar County, Iran is an Iranian wrestler.

Yazdani is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling in two weight categories. He became Olympic champion in the 74kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics after defeating Russian wrestler Aniuar Geduev in the final. The following year he became World Champion at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in the men's Men's freestyle 86 kg category.

Career

Yazdani earned a gold medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships in the 66 kg division, by defeating his American opponent Aaron Pico in the final.

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.

After once again bumping up in weight, Yazdani won gold at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in the 86 kg division. He defeated former Olympic gold medalist Sharif Sharifov with a score of 11-0 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Selim Yaşar with the same score en route to becoming champion.

In July 2017, Yazdani won the Iran Freestyle Wrestling Nationals at 86 kg, defeating Alireza Karimi 5-0 on his path to victory. This gained him a place at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris. In 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, Hassan Yazdani participated in 86 kg. He became the champion with decisive wins, 4 out of 5 matches including the final with technical superiority. In the entire championship, Yazdani gave out only two points. Right after the matches, he stated that he "came to Paris for a decisive gold, with no ifs or buts".^[2]

Major achievements

• World Junior Championship – 2014
• World Cup – 2015, 2016, 2017
• World Championships – 2015, 2017
• Olympic Games – 2016

Results

Result	Round	Opponent	Score
2015 World Championship / Las Vegas / Silver medal (70 kg)
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 / Rio de Janeiro / Gold medal (74 kg)
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
2017 World Championship / Paris / Gold medal (86 kg)
Win	Round of 32	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	12–2
Win	Round of 16	Piotr Ianulov (MDA)	10–0
Win	Quarterfinals	Aleksandr Gostiyev (AZE)	10–0
Win	Semifinals	Vladislav Valiev (RUS)	4–0
Win	Final	Boris Makojev (SVK)	10–0

References

External links

• Profile on UWW Database