Meisam Nassiri (; born 1 June 1989) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships.
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He was born on 1 June 1989. He wrestled in the 65 kg weight category. He has competed in several World Wrestling Federation World Cups and won medals. He also competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics but lost in the first round. He also won a gold medal in the Islamic Games.
He is now a coach at the Meysam Nasiri Wrestling Academy in Zanjan.
Of course, he was a good and talented wrestler when he was a player; but he needs to gain more experience and knowledge in coaching.
He has won many titles as a player, but he has not yet been able to achieve these titles as a coach.
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Wrestling career
He competed at the 2016 Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
, but was eliminated in the first bout.
Personal life
He was born in a village called Zarnan in Zanjan and still lives there.
Meysam Nassiri, even after joining the national 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
Sportspeople from Zanjan, Iran
1989 births
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
21st-century Iranian sportsmen
Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Iran
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