Kourosh Bagheri ( fa, كوروش باقری, born 21 September 1977 in

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

) is a former

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ian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

who won the gold medal in the Men's 94 kg

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class at the

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. Bagheri was also holding the Asian Record of Snatch in 94 kg at the

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in Sydney, as well as the Asian Record of Total in 94 kg at the

. He was the head coach of Iran's weightlifting team at the London Olympics in summer 2012 in which he coached Iranian weightlifters who won three gold and two silver medals.

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* * * * * 1977 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Iranian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Sportspeople from Kermanshah Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Recipients of the Order of Courage (Iran) Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people {{Iran-weightlifting-bio-stub