Kianoush Rostami

Kianoush Rostami
Kianoush Rostami with gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Iranian
Born (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991
Kermanshah, Iran
Residence Kermanshah, Iran
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2016)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) –85 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 179 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 220 kg (2016, WR)
  • Total: 396 kg (2016, WR)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro–85 kg
2012 London–85 kg
World Championships
2011 Paris–85 kg
2014 Almaty–85 kg
2015 Houston–85 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon–85 kg
Asian Championships
2011 Tongling–85 kg
2012 Pyeongtaek–85 kg

Kianoush Rostami (Persian: کیانوش رستمی‎, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Olympic weightlifter. He represented Iran at the 2016 Olympic Games, in the category of 85 kg, he placed first, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.

Rostami also received a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. If confirmed, it will be later upgraded to a silver after Apti Aukhadov tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone from samples taken in 2012.

Career

Rostami won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]

Rostami won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 85 kg category with a total of 380 kg. In June 2016 it was announced that the original silver medal winner Apti Aukhadov had tested positive for prohibited substances and therefore disqualified for his medal. Rostami's medal was upgraded to a silver medal.[2][3]

In 2016, while competing at the Fajr Cup, in Tehran, Iran, Kianoush broke the Clean and jerk world record for his weight division, lifting 220 kg. Kianoush also broke the world record for his total, with 395 kg.[4]

Kianoush Rostami competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, representing Iran in the 85 kg weight division.[5] He won the gold medal in the 85 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics by tying an Olympic record with a 217 kg clean and jerk – set by Tian Tao just minutes prior – and setting a world record total with 396 kg.[6]

Major results

YearVenueWeightRecord (kg) / Rank
Snatch Cl&Jerk Total
Olympic Games
2012London, United Kingdom85 kg171 / 4209 / 3380 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil85 kg179 / 1217 / 1396 WR / 1st, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2010Antalya, Turkey77 kg161 / 3rd, bronze medalist(s)193 / 5354 / 4
2011Paris, France85 kg173 / 3rd, bronze medalist(s)209 / 1st, gold medalist(s)382 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
2014Almaty, Kazakhstan85 kg178 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)213 / 1st, gold medalist(s)391 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
2015Houston, United States85 kg173 / 3rd, bronze medalist(s)214 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)387 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2017Anaheim, United States85 kg174 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)No markNo mark
Asian Games
2010Guangzhou, China85 kg165 / 5200 / 6365 / 6
2014Incheon, South Korea85 kg172 / 1208 / 2380 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2018Jakarta, Indonesia94 kg175 / 2No markNo mark
Asian Championships
2008Kanazawa, Japan69 kg131 / 10No markNo mark
2011Tongling, China85 kg162 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)201 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)363 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2012Pyeongtaek, South Korea85 kg172 / 1st, gold medalist(s)211 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)383 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2010Sofia, Bulgaria77 kg160 / 1st, gold medalist(s)187 / 1st, gold medalist(s)347 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
2011Penang, Malaysia85 kg168 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)210 / 1st, gold medalist(s)378 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
Minor Competitions
2016Tehran, Iran (Fajr Cup)85 kg175 / 1220 WR / 1395 WR / 1

References

  1. ↑ "Iranian lifter wins 2 golds at worlds". Press TV. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "London 2012: Four Olympic weightlifting champions test positive". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Iran's Rostami awarded 2012 Olympic Games silver medal". tehrantimes.com. 17 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "1st International Fajr Cup – IWF Grand Prix, Olympic Qualification Event | International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  5. ↑ "ROSTAMI Kianoush". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  6. ↑ "Results - Mens 85kg - Weightlifting - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport.
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