Rasoul Khadem Azghadi (, born March 18, 1972) is a former

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

ian

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

who has won a

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in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

and a gold medal in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He was also the

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

and

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

world champion and 1991, 1992, 1993,

, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion. He was trained by his father Mohammad Khadem, and he is also the younger brother of Olympic wrestling bronze medalists Amir Reza Khadem and Ebrahim Khadem. He was the president of Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation from January 4, 2014, to November 3, 2018. He was also the technical director of Iran's wrestling national teams and the head coach of Iran's freestyle national team from January 2012 to 2018. In addition, he was elected as an executive board member of National Olympic Committee of Iran on January 20, 2014, and served until January 2018.

Major achievements

* Junior World Championship – 1991 1989 * World Championships – 1994 1995 1998 * Olympic Games - 1996 1992

References

Profile at FILA Wrestling Database
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1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Mashhad Olympic wrestlers for Iran Olympic gold medalists for Iran Olympic bronze medalists for Iran Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Iranian male sport wrestlers Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in wrestling Iranian sportsperson-politicians Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1990 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1994 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Tehran Councillors 2007–2013 Tehran Councillors 2003–2007 Recipients of the Order of Courage (Iran) Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Iranian sportsmen 21st-century Iranian sportsmen World Wrestling Champions {{Iran-Olympic-medalist-stub