Shahin Nassirinia ( fa, شاهین نصیری‌نیا , born 25 February 1976 in Shiraz) is an Iranian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the

1999 World Weightlifting Championships The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999. It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Austral ...

. He participated in the 2000

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Olympics but got injured in the first attempt at Snatch lift.

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* * * * 1976 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Iran People from Malayer Iranian sportspeople in doping cases Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games {{Iran-weightlifting-bio-stub