Hassan Shahsavan

Hassan Shahsavan (born 30 December 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an amateur Iranian-born Australian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's middleweight category.[2] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.[3]

Hassan Shahsavan
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1975-12-30) 30 December 1975
Tehran, Iran
ResidenceNorth Parramatta, New South
Wales, Australia[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubHornsby PCYC
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
2010 New Delhi74 kg

Shahsavan initially selected as a member of the Iranian wrestling team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but did not compete. He moved to Australia a year later, and eventually received a citizenship one week too late to qualify for the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4]

Shahsavan represented his adopted nation Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 74 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out to Kazakhstan's Roman Melyoshin, with a three-set technical score (0–3, 2–1, 0–5), and a classification point score of 1–3.[5]

References
  1. Morton, Jim (24 January 2012). "Hassan's fortunes due to change". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hassan Shahsavan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. "Hassan Shahsavan wrestles his way to bronze medal". The Sun-Herald. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. "Third-time lucky for wrestler Hassan Shahsavan". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 12 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. "Men's Greco-Roman 74kg (163 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.


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