Hossein Tavakkoli (; born January 10, 1978) is an Iranian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

who won the gold medal in the Men's 105 kg

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class at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

. In 2017, he start training Ehsan Hadadi, an olympic silver medalist in discus throwing, for 2020 Olympic Games preparation.

Major result

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* 1978 births Living people Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes Olympic weightlifters for Iran Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Iran Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Asian Games weightlifters for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games bronze medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games People from Mahmudabad, Mazandaran Sportspeople from Mazandaran province 20th-century Iranian sportsmen 21st-century Iranian sportsmen {{Iran-Olympic-medalist-stub