Adel Gholami (, born 9 February 1986 in

Amol Amol ( ; ) is a city in the Central District (Amol County), Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran province, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Amol is located on the Haraz River bank. It is ...

) is a

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player from

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, who plays as a middle blocker for the Iran men's national team and the club Haraz Amol. Gholami competed at the Rio

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Career

National team

He was invited to national team in 2008. Gholami playing in two World Championship

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

. They won the gold medals at the Asian Volleyball Championship and the

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Clubs

Adel Gholami started playing volleyball in

. He started his career in his hometown volleyball club Abfa Amol. He has played for Narenjestan Noor, Sanam Tehran, Paykan Tehran, Pegah Urmia and

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. In a remarkable display of Saipa and Pegah game made. Gholami later joined Kalleh. In 2012, he was captain of the team and its luster with the Kalleh reached the winner Asian Championship. He is a four time gold medal winner in Iranian Super League.Kalleh of Iran qualify for FIVB Men’s Club World Championship
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Honours

National team

* Asian Championship **Gold medal (1):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

**Silver medal (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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**Gold medal (1):

**Silver medal (1):

Club

* Asian Championship **Gold medal (4):

(Kalleh),

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

(Sarmayeh Bank),

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

(Khatam Ardakan) * Iranian Super League **Champions (4):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

(Kalleh),

(Sarmayeh Bank)

Individual

*Best blocker:

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

*Best blocker: 2012 Asian Club Championship *Best blocker: 2018 Asian Club Championship

References

External links

FIVB profile
1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Amol Iranian men's volleyball players Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in volleyball Olympic volleyball players for Iran Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Iranian sportsmen {{Iran-sport-bio-stub