Meisam Mostafa Jokar (, born January 25, 1985, in

Malayer Malayer () is a city in the Central District of Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Malayer is the second largest city in the province, and is famous for furniture. The city has m ...

), also known as Meisam Joukar, is a male freestyle wrestler from

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. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at

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. In the 1/8 of final he lost against

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and was eliminated from the competition. Meisam won two silver medals and one gold in the

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. His older brother

Masoud Mostafa-Jokar Masoud Mostafa Jokar (; born September 21, 1977, in Jowkar) is an Iranian wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 60 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Masoud was born in an athletic family and after his good dem ...

is an Olympic silver medalist.

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* * * Living people 1985 births Olympic wrestlers for Iran Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games wrestlers for Iran Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Malayer Sportspeople from Hamadan province Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games Iranian male sport wrestlers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Iranian sportsmen 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in wrestling {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub