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Kianoush Rostami ( fa, کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Kurdish Olympian weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.
Rostami won the silver medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He originally took home the bronze medal, which ascended to a silver medal when
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rostami, Kianoush 1991 births Living people Iranian Kurdish people Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes People from Eslamabad-e Gharb Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Iran Olympic silver medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Kurdish sportspeople Iranian Yarsanis Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists for Iran World Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games
Kianoush Rostami ( fa, کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Kurdish Olympian weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.
Rostami won the silver medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He originally took home the bronze medal, which ascended to a silver medal when Apti Aukhadov
Apti Khamzatovich Aukhadov (russian: Апти Хамзатович Аухадов, born 18 November 1992) is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He is of Chechen descent.
Career
Aukhadov was the world junior champion ...
tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone from samples taken in 2012.
Despite having the third highest total at 96kg in Olympic qualifying, Rostami failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, as he sat 31st in the ROBI point rankings because he scored zero points in the second qualification period (1 May 2019 to 31 October 2019) of the 2020 Olympics after missing all three lifts in the snatch portion of the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.
Career
Rostami won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships. Rostami won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 85 kg event with a total of 380 kg. In June 2016, it was announced his silver medal ascendancy afterApti Aukhadov
Apti Khamzatovich Aukhadov (russian: Апти Хамзатович Аухадов, born 18 November 1992) is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He is of Chechen descent.
Career
Aukhadov was the world junior champion ...
had tested positive for prohibited substances and therefore disqualified for a medal.
In 2016, while competing at the Fajr Cup, in Tehran, Iran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most pop ...
, Kianoush broke the Clean and jerk world record for his weight division, lifting 220 kg. Kianoush also broke the world record for his total, with 395 kg.
Kianoush Rostami competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, representing Iran in the 85 kg weight division. He won the gold medal in the 85 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics by tying an Olympic record with a 217 kg clean and jerk – set by Tian Tao just minutes prior – and setting a world record total with 396 kg.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rostami, Kianoush 1991 births Living people Iranian Kurdish people Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes People from Eslamabad-e Gharb Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Iran Olympic silver medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Kurdish sportspeople Iranian Yarsanis Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists for Iran World Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games