Hassan Yazdani Charati (; born 26 December 1994) is an

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. Yazdani is an Olympic and World Champion in

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in two weight categories. He became Olympic champion in the 74kg category at the

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after defeating

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wrestler

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in the final. The following year he became World Champion at the

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in the Men's freestyle 86 kg category. He won his second world title at the

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in Kazakhstan and third at the

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in Norway. Hasan Yazdani has been the sportsman of the year and the best wrestler of Iran several times

Career

Yazdani earned a gold medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships in the 66 kg division, by defeating his American opponent

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in the final. The following year, he placed second at the Senior World Championships, losing to

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in the finals by a score of 10–3. After bumping up to 74 kg. Yazdani claimed gold at the

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, defeating

6–6 with criteria by scoring the final points. After once again bumping up in weight, Yazdani won gold at the

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in the 86 kg division. He defeated former Olympic gold medalist

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of Azerbaijan with a score of 11-0 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist

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of Turkey with the same score en route to becoming champion. In July 2017, Yazdani won the Iran

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Nationals at 86 kg, defeating

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5-0 on his path to victory. This gained him a place at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris. In

in Paris, Hassan Yazdani participated in 86 kg. He became the champion with decisive wins, 4 out of 5 matches including the final with technical superiority. In the entire championship, Yazdani gave out only two points. Right after the matches, he stated that he "came to Paris for a decisive gold, with no ifs or buts". He lost to American David Taylor in the men's 86kg final at the

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. He then scored his first win against Taylor in the final of the men's 86kg event at the

. Yazdani won the final by walkover at the

in the freestyle 86 kg category, against India's Deepak Punia, a wrestler that "idolises Yazdani". Yazdani faced Punia next in the wrestling competition at the 2022 Asian Games – in the Men's freestyle 86 kg final, where Yazdani beat Punia 10-0 in a one-sided match. Yazdani won the silver medal in the men's 86kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. He lost to his rival David Taylor in the final. He again won the silver medal in the men's 86kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. He lost to his arch-rival David Taylor for the fifth time, now trailing 1–5 in their head-to-head(with a controversial win because of challenge on yazdani's initial throw of 4 being reversed ). He won the gold medal in the men's 86kg event at the

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held in Hangzhou, China. He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 86kg event at the

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in Paris, France.

Achievements

* Olympic Games – 2016, 2020, 2024 * World Championships – 2017, 2019, 2021 2015, 2022, 2023 2018 * World Cup – 2015, 2016, 2017 * World Junior Championship – 2014 * Asian Junior Championship – 2014 * World Cadet Championship – 2011 * Asian Cadet Championship – 2011 * Asian Games – 2018, 2022 * Asian Championships – 2018, 2021 * Islamic Solidarity Games – 2017 * Takhti Cup – 2015 * Dan Kolov Tournament – 2019 * Paris Tournament – 2015, 2016 * Aleksandr Medved Prizes – 2016

Senior career results

References

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