Mehdi Hajizadeh
Medal record | ||
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Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing Iran | ||
World Championships | ||
2002 Tehran | 74 kg | |
Asian Games | ||
2002 Busan | 74 kg | |
Asian Championships | ||
2001 Ulan Bator | 76 kg |
Mehdi Hajizadeh Jooybari (Persian: مهدی حاجی زاده جویباری, born 11 September 1981 in Jooybar) is an Iranian wrestler.
He is freestyle wrestler who competed for Iran at the 2002 World Championships in Tehran. He was considered an inexperienced twenty one year old underdog going into the 2002 Iranian World Qualifiers but was successful beating a more experienced and successful wrestler. The Iranian Wrestling Federation had Hajizadeh wrestle the favourite again and he beat him once more earning a berth to compete for Iran in the World Championships at home. The young Hajizadeh continued his strong wrestling as he went undefeated to dominantly win the 2002 World Championship title and also earned the award as the top wrestler in the tournament.
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External links[]
- Mehdi Hajizadeh at United World Wrestling
- Mehdi Hajizadeh at Olympedia
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Iran
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- People from Juybar
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Iranian sport wrestler stubs