Babak Ghorbani
Babak Ghorbani (Persian: بابک قربانی, 19 March 1989 – 16 November 2014) was an Iranian wrestler.[1] In 2011 he was banned from competing for two years for doping, in 2012 he was charged in a murder, and in 2014 he committed suicide in prison.
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| Full name | Babak Ghorbani Goldasteh | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 19, 1989 Kermanshah, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 16, 2014 (aged 25) Kermanshah, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Bagh Ferdos Cemetery, Kermanshah, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sport wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Touraj Mehri Mohammad Bana | |||||||||||||||||||
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Career
He won gold medal at 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
In 2011, Ghorbani was banned from participation in FILA events for two years due to use of anabolic steroids.[2] As a result, he was unable to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Death
In 2012, he was in a fight during a hunting trip in a mountainous area of Kermanshah, and was charged with murder for shooting a man to death.[3] He committed suicide in Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah on November 16, 2014, by ingesting an aluminum phosphide caplet used for fumigation.[4][5][3]
References
- "International Wrestling Database". Iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- https://iranwire.com/en/features/4012
- "بابک قربانی، کشتیگير محکوم به اعدام، در زندان خودکشی کرد" (in Persian). Radiofarda.com. 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- Human, Kurdistan. "Kurdistan Human Rights Association » Kurdish Young suicide from "Harsin" in prison". Kmmk.info. Retrieved 2019-12-15.