Saman Tahmasebi

Saman Tahmasebi
Tahmasebi at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born 26 July 1985 (1985-07-26) (age 33)
Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Iran
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
Club Azad University, Tehran
Atasport Baku
Coached by Janshid Kheyrabadi[2]

Saman Tahmasebi (Persian: سامان طهماسبی, born 26 July 1985[3]) is a naturalized Azerbaijani wrestler who formerly represented his birthplace Iran. Between 2006 and 2015 he won five medals at the world championships. He also took part in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[2]

References

  1. Saman Ahmed Tahmasebi Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 Tahmasebi, Saman Ahmed (AZE). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. "Saman Tahmasebi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.


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