Meisam Nassiri ( fa, میثم نصيری; born 1 June 1989) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships.
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Wrestling career
He competed at the 2016 Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
, but was eliminated in the first bout.
Personal life
He was born in a village called Zarnan in Zanjan Zanjan may refer to:
* Zanjan Province, Iran
* Zanjan County, an area within Zanjan Province
* Zanjan, Iran, the capital of Zanjan County and Zanjan Province
* University of Zanjan, in the city of Zanjan
* Zanjan Airport, an airport serving Zanj ...
and still lives there;
Meysam Nassiri, even after joining the national
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Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
team, did not forget his hometown and continues to work in agriculture and animal husbandry;
Meysam Nasiri established a horse riding club in Zarnan, named after him.
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Living people
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Iranian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Iran
People from Zanjan, Iran
1989 births
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
21st-century Iranian people
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran
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