Reza Yazdani

Reza Yazdani
	Reza Yazdani in 2014 Asian Games
Personal information
Full name	Reza Yazdani
Nickname(s)	The Leopard of Juybar
Nationality	Iran
Born	August 25, 1984; Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Website	Official Instagram Profile
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Wrestling
Representing Iran
Men's freestyle wrestling
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Reza Yazdani (Persian: رضا یزدانی‎, born August 25, 1984 in Juybar, Iran) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestling Championships in the 96 kg division. He also won the gold medal in 2006 Asian Games in the 84 kg division and the gold medal in 2010 Asian Games in the 96 kg division, as well as the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games in 97 kg division. He competed in the London 2012 Olympics and also defeated Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov and make his way flat and easy for a gold in Olympics but was injured in the semi-final, versus his Ukrainian competitor, Valeriy Andriytsev. Yazdani came back from injury for the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, where he won the gold medal in the 96 kg division by defeating Gazyumov of Azerbaijan in the finals by the score of 4-2. .

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