Amir Hossein Zare

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Amir Hossein Zare
Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg – Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) vs. Ramaz Zoidze (GEO) (18) (cropped).jpg
Zare at 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAmir Hossein Zare
Nickname(s)Heavyweight King
NationalityIranian
Born (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 20)
Amol, Mazandaran, Iran
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubIran Mall
Coached byPejman Dorostkar
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 125 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 125 kg
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 125 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tallinn 125 kg
Junior Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Beirut 125 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 110 kg
Cadet World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zagreb 110 kg
Cadet Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent 110 kg

Amir Hossein Zare (Persian: امیر حسین زارع‎; born 16 January 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the heavyweight division.[1] Zare is the reigning World Champion, and was the 2019 U23 World Champion at age 18.[2][3] He claimed a Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal in 2021.[4] In the age-group, he was the 2018 Cadet World Champion and claimed silver medals from the 2019 Junior World Championships and the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics.[5]

Career[]

Zare at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

2019[]

The 2018 Cadet World Champion, Zare made his senior level debut in October 2019 at the age of 18, going 4–0 at the Iranian Premier League with a notable victory over two–time and reigning Asian Continental champion Yadollah Mohebbi.[6] He followed up with his international debut, claiming the 2019 U23 World Championship after cleaning out the bracket with technical falls.[2] Next, he took out reigning World Champion Geno Petriashvili in the final match of the Premier League, claiming gold for the team.[7] His first loss came at the Alans International, where he placed third with notable and dominant technical falls over the accomplished Khasanboy Rakhimov and Nick Gwiazdowski.[8] To close out the year, he helped Iran reach the gold medal at the World Clubs Cup.[9]

2020–2021[]

In 2020, Zare only competed twice, claiming the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series crown with notable wins over 2012 Olympic champion Bilyal Makhov and Nick Matuhin, and placing second at the Team Trials for the Individual World Cup.[10][11] In 2021, Zare claimed the 2021 Poland Open by beating Nick Gwiazdowski via disqualification after the later refused to engage due to Zare's pressure.[12] In the 2020 Summer Olympics, Zare won a Bronze Medal by defeating Deng Zhiwei in the Bronze Medal match. After 32 years, Zare won Iran's freestyle wrestling gold medal in the heavyweight division of the World Championships in Norway by defeating Geno Petriashvili.

Freestyle record[]

International Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2021 World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 31–4 Georgia (country) Geno Petriashvili 9–2 October 3, 2021 2021 World Championships Norway Oslo, Norway
Win 30–4 Turkey Taha Akgül 4–0 October 2, 2021
Win 29–4 United States Nick Gwiazdowski TF 10–0
Win 28–4 Belarus Dzianis Khramiankou 6–0
2020 Summer Olympics 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 27–4 China Deng Zhiwei 5–0 August 5–6, 2021 2020 Summer Olympics

Japan Tokyo, Japan

Loss 26–4 Georgia (country) Geno Petriashvili 3–6
Win 26–3 Kosovo Egzon Shala TF 13–2
Win 25–3 Ukraine Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 7–0
2021 Poland Open 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 24–3 United States Nick Gwiazdowski DQ (6–1) June 9, 2021 2021 Poland Open

Poland Warsaw, Poland

Win 22–3 Ukraine Oleksandr Kalinovskyi TF 10–0
Win 21–3 Egypt Diaaeldin Kamal TF 10–0
2020 IRI World Team Trials 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 125 kg
Loss 20–3 Iran Amin Taheri 3–4 November 5, 2020 2020 Iranian World Team Trials

Iran Tehran, Iran

Win 20–2 Iran Amin Taheri 3–1
Loss 19–2 Iran Amin Taheri 0–2
Win 19–1 Iran Parviz Hadi 4–0
Win 18–1 Iran Yadollah Mohebbi 4–1
2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 17–1 Russia Bilyal Makhov 5–3 January 15–18, 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020

Italy Rome, Italy

Win 16–1 Germany Nick Matuhin 8–0
Win 15–1 Kazakhstan Yusup Batirmurzaev Fall
2019 World Clubs Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) for Team Bazar-e Bozorg at 125 kg
Win 14–1 Georgia (country) FF FF December 17–21, 2019 2019 World Clubs Cup

Iran Bojnoord, Iran

Win 13–1 Canada Amir Bazrafshan 10–2
2019 Alans International 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 12–1 United States Nick Gwiazdowski TF 10–0 December 7–8, 2019 2019 Alans International

Russia Vladikavkaz, Russia

Loss 11–1 Russia Batradz Gazzaev 2–3
Win 11–0 Russia Atsamaz Tebloev FF
Win 10–0 Uzbekistan Khasanboy Rakhimov TF 12–2
2019 Iranian Premier League 1st place, gold medalist(s) for Team Grand Bazaar at 125 kg
Win 9–0 Georgia (country) Geno Petriashvili 15–11 November 22, 2019 2019 Iranian Premier League

Iran Tehran, Iran

2019 U23 World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 8–0 Russia Vitaly Goloev TF 10–0 October 28–30, 2019 2019 U23 World Championships

Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Win 7–0 Georgia (country) Zuriko Urtashvili TF 11–0
Win 6–0 Kazakhstan Yusup Batirmurzaev TF 17–7
Win 5–0 Moldova Samhan Jabrailov TF 11–0
Win 4–0 Iran Soheil Yousefi October 6–7, 2019 2019 Iranian Premier League

Iran Tehran, Iran

Win 3–0 Iran Vahid Yousefvand
Win 2–0 Iran Yadollah Mohebbi
Win 1–0 Iran Soheil Gholipour Safar

References[]

  1. ^ "ایران قهرمان کشتی آزاد جوانان آسیا شد". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  2. ^ a b "Iran's heavyweight wrestler Zare wins U23 Senior World Championships in Hungary". 31 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Iran's freestyle wrestling team finishes second at U23 World Championships". www.payvand.com. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  4. ^ "ZARE Amir Hossein Abbas profile page". uww.org. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ^ "Iranian Wrestlers Earn Two Silver Medals at Youth Olympics". tsnimnews.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ کشتی, روابط عمومی فدراسیون. "فدراسیون کشتی". فدراسیون کشتی (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  7. ^ کشتی, روابط عمومی فدراسیون. "فدراسیون کشتی". فدراسیون کشتی (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  8. ^ "Iran's freestyle wrestler grabs bronze medal in Alans int'l tournament". IRNA English. 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  9. ^ "FarsNews Agency Iranian Team Claims World Wrestling Clubs Cup". www.farsnews.ir. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  10. ^ "Iran freestylers grab two gold medals in Rome Championship". IRNA English. 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  11. ^ tim. "Updated Nov. 6: News from Around the World". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  12. ^ Miller, Christopher (2021-06-09). "Final Results from Day Two of Poland Open as Men's Freestyle Concludes". The Open Mat. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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