Saeid Abdevali ( fa, سعيد عبدولى, born 4 November 1989) is an Iranian wrestler. He is a two-time world junior champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, 2011 senior world champion and won the bronze medal at the

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. He was born in

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. Abdevali won the 2011 World Championships to clinch his spot at the Olympics in London. Abdevali also won the

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and won the World Cup in 2010 and 2011. This success followed his junior career, where he won the World Championship in 2008 and 2009 and was the Asian junior champion in 2008. He also won two bronze medals at the Asian junior championships before moving to the senior level in 2010. He is the cousin of

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, the Iranian football player who plays for

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London 2012 Olympics

Despite being tipped to take the gold medal, Abdevali was eliminated in the London 2012 Olympics by French wrestler

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Asian Games 2014

In semi-final stage of the

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, Abdevali executed 5 to appear to pin his opponent Korean Wrestler

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, and was initially announced by the referee as the winner. The Korean coach protested and the referee revised the decision. Eventually, Abdevali lost the match 6-9 to his opponent.Tabari News
(in Persian)

2016 Olympics

At the 2016 Olympics, Abdevali competed at middleweight (75 kg). Abdevali lost to Mark Madsen in the second round. As Madsen reached the final, Abdevali was entered into the repechage. There he beat

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and then Péter Bácsi to win a bronze medal.

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1989 births Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran People from Andimeshk Olympic wrestlers of Iran Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Champions Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Khuzestan province {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub