Hassan Shahsavan
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1975 Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||
| Club | Hornsby PCYC | |||||||||||||
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Hassan Shahsavan (born 30 December 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an amateur Iranian-born Australian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's middleweight category.[2] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.[3]
Shahsavan initially selected as a member of the Iranian wrestling team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but did not compete. He moved to Australia a year later, and eventually received a citizenship one week too late to qualify for the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4]
Shahsavan represented his adopted nation Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 74 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out to Kazakhstan's Roman Melyoshin, with a three-set technical score (0–3, 2–1, 0–5), and a classification point score of 1–3.[5]
References[]
- ^ Morton, Jim (24 January 2012). "Hassan's fortunes due to change". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hassan Shahsavan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Hassan Shahsavan wrestles his way to bronze medal". The Sun-Herald. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Third-time lucky for wrestler Hassan Shahsavan". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 12 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 74kg (163 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
External links[]
- Profile – Australian Olympic Team
- Profile – International Wrestling Database
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
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