Komeil Ghasemi
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| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 February 1988 Sari, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Komeil Nemat Ghasemi (Persian: کمیل قاسمی, born 27 February 1988) is an Iranian wrestler who won a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He also won a silver medal at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 120 kg freestyle discipline.[2] He was born in Sari, in Iran's Mazandaran province.[3] Following his Olympic appearance, Ghasemi won the 120 kg weight class at the 2013 Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran, helping his nation take gold in the tournament.[4] At the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships he won a gold medal in the 125+ kg freestyle tournament,[5] while at that year's World Championships he took silver in the same event.[6] He took silver in the 125+ kg freestyle event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, losing the final to Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan,[7] and the 2016 Summer Olympics, behind Taha Akgül of Turkey.[8]
References
- ↑ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (August 2012). "Komeil Ghasemi Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - TASHKENT 2011" (PDF). International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. May 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "Komeil Ghasemi". Athletes. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup". Tehran Times Volume. 11652 22 Feb 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Asian Senior Championship - New Delhi (IND)" (PDF). International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Iran's Komeil Ghasemi wins silver in World Wrestling Championships". Tehran Times. 9 September 2014.
- ↑ "Senior Asian Championship 2015 - Doha (QAT)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Iran's Komeil Ghasemi wins silver in men's freestyle 125 kg". Press TV. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.