Yadollah "Shiravan" Mohebbi (; born 9 December 1993) is an Iranian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He is a three-time gold medalist at the

Asian Wrestling Championships Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC). The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year ...

in the men's 125 kg event, in 2017, 2019 and 2022.

Career

He won the gold medal in the men's 125kg at the

2017 Asian Wrestling Championships The 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships was held at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi in India. The event took place from 10 to 14 May 2017. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Ro ...

held in New Delhi, India. He competed in the men's 125kg event at the

2017 World Wrestling Championships The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Gr ...

held in Paris, France. He won one of the bronze medals in

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at the

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (), which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Coun ...

held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In 2019, he competed in the men's 125kg event at the

World Wrestling Championships The World Wrestling Championships for Greco-Roman wrestling (men, since 1904) and freestyle wrestling (men since 1951, women since 1987) are organized by United World Wrestling (UWW). Unofficial editions Several World Greco-Roman Championships h ...

held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal. He won his first match against

Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler. 2012 season Khüderbulga took bronze at the 2012 Asian Wrestling Championships. 2013 season He took bronze at the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships and the 2013 Summer Universiade. ...

of Mongolia and also his next match against

Nick Gwiazdowski Nickolos Edward Gwiazdowski (born December 30, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. A two-time NCAA Division I National Champion for the North Carolina State Wolfpack, Gwiazdowski has won two bronze medals ...

of the United States but he was then eliminated from the competition by

Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi Oleksandr Iosypovych Khotsianivskyi (; born 20 July 1990 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. Career He is two-time bronze European medalist and silver Universiade medalist. Khotsia ...

of Ukraine. Later that year, he represented Iran at the

2019 Military World Games The 2019 Military World Games ( zh, c=2019年世界军人运动会, p=nián shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì), officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games, ( zh, c=第七届世界军人运动会, p=dì qī jiè shìjiè jūnrén yùndòng ...

held in Wuhan, China and he won the silver medal in the men's 125 kg event. In the final, he lost against

Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...

of Turkey. He won the gold medal in his event at the

2022 Asian Wrestling Championships The 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships was the 35th edition of Asian Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from April 19 to 24 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Gre ...

held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Personal life

He is a nephew of accomplished wrestlers Mohammad Hassan and

Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (, born September 6, 1956) was captain of Iran's freestyle wrestling national team. He won a silver medal at the 1978 World Championships and a gold at the 1982 Asian Games. He is frequently confused with his twin brothe ...

Achievements

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohebbi, Yadollah Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Kermanshah Iranian male sport wrestlers Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Military World Games silver medalists for Iran Military World Games medalists in wrestling