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Amir Hossein Zare
Zare at 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAmir Hossein Zare
Nickname(s)Heavyweight King
Rostam of Iran
The Iranian Giant
Iranian Warrior
NationalityIranian
Born (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)
Amol, Mazandaran, Iran[1]
Alma materIslamic Azad University Ayatollah Amoli
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubShahr Bank
Iran Mall
Fooladin Zob Amol
Petro Palayesh Bilish
Turned pro2018
Coached byHamid Aghajani
Ebrahim Mehraban
Gholamreza Mohammadi
Now coachingMohsen Kaveh
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 2 0 1
Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0
Asian Championships 1 0 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
World U23 Championships 1 0 0
Other 10 1 1
Total 15 3 3
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 125 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 125 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bishkek 125 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 125 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Almaty 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zagreb 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Urmia 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Vladikavkaz 125 kg
World Club Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bojnord 125 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 125 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tallinn 125 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Beirut 125 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 110 kg
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zagreb 110 kg
Asian Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent 110 kg

Amir Hossein Zare (Persian: امیرحسین زارع; born 16 January 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the heavyweight division.[2] Zare became World Champion in 2021, and 2023. He was the 2019 U23 World Champion at age 18.[3][4] He claimed a Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal in 2021.[5] 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.[6]

Early life

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Zare started Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals from elementary school, then entered wrestling during middle school. He studied at Governmental leading high school.

Career

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Zare at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

2019

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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.[7] He followed up with his international debut, claiming the 2019 U23 World Championship after cleaning out the bracket with technical falls.[3] Next, he took out reigning World Champion Geno Petriashvili in the final match of the Premier League, claiming gold for the team. He won against Geno Petriashvili in the Iranian Premier League and was a surprise, the result of this match was 15–11.[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

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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.[13] 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.[13]

2022

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He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[14][15] Zare faced the Canadian Amar Dhesi who has the Pan American gold and silver medals, and beat him wisely 8-0 to win the bronze medal.[16] Zare continued in the tournament 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup held in Almaty, Kazakhstan won the gold medal by defeating Yusup Batirmurzaev.

2023

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He won the Gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[17] This was Zare's second gold medal in the world championship.,[18] triumphing over Geno Petriashvili from Georgia with a decisive score of 11-0. Referring to this fight, the World Wrestling Federation wrote: Petriashvili had no answer for the tremendous pressure that Zare applied. Zare, who won bronze last year and gold in 2021, added another gold medal to his record.[19][20] Zare won 4-0 against Taha Akgül in the semifinals.Zare scored a total of 43 points by the end of the tournament.[21] Amir Hossein Zare at the end of the tournament, have secured their spots in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[22] Zare In the continuation of this year's competitions, won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games. He first defeated Zaman Anwar from Pakistan 10-0 and then beat China Buheeerdun 10-0. Zare defeated Yusup Batirmurzaev 11-0 to secure his place in the final. He defeated Mongolia’s Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 7-0 in the men's 125Kg final bout. His gold medal was Iran's 12th gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games.[23][24]

2024

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He started the year by winning a gold medal in Zagreb Open. Zare competed with Amir Reza Masoumi in the final. The bout was a playoff for the Olympic spot as Masoumi had won the national championships. Like their previous encounters, Zare was in control of the bout which he won 5-0.[25][26]

He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[27]

Freestyle record

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International Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2022 Asian Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 42–5 Mongolia Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 7-0 7 October 2023 2022 Asian Games China Hangzhou, China
Win 41–5 Kazakhstan Yusup Batirmurzaev 11-0
Win 40–5 China Buheeerdun 10-0
Win 39–5 Pakistan Zaman Anwar 10-0
2023 World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 38–5 Georgia (country) Geno Petriashvili 11-0 September 17, 2023 2023 World Championships Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Win 37–5 Turkey Taha Akgül 4-0
Win 36–5 Hungary Dániel Ligeti 11-4 September 16, 2022
Win 35–5 Puerto Rico Jonovan Smith 10-0
Win 34–5 Dzianis Khramiankou 7-2
2022 World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 125 kg
Win 33–5 Canada Amar Dhesi 8–0 September 16, 2022 2022 World Championships Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Loss 32–5 Turkey Taha Akgül 2–4 September 15, 2022
Win 32–4 Ukraine Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi TF 10–0
Win 32–4 China Deng Zhiwei 3–0
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

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  1. ^ A.Zare Eurosport
  2. ^ "ایران قهرمان کشتی آزاد جوانان آسیا شد". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Iran's heavyweight wrestler Zare wins U23 Senior World Championships in Hungary". 31 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Iran's freestyle wrestling team finishes second at U23 World Championships". www.payvand.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. ^ "ZARE Amir Hossein Abbas profile page". uww.org. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Iranian Wrestlers Earn Two Silver Medals at Youth Olympics". tsnimnews.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b کشتی, روابط عمومی فدراسیون. "فدراسیون کشتی". فدراسیون کشتی (in Persian). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Iran's freestyle wrestler grabs bronze medal in Alans int'l tournament". IRNA English. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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  12. ^ Miller, Christopher (9 June 2021). "Final Results from Day Two of Poland Open as Men's Freestyle Concludes". The Open Mat. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling - Freestyle Men's 125kg results - BBC
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  17. ^ Exclusive interview with Amir Zare: Iran's world champion shares how wrestling unites nations - 'Sport is more than politics'
  18. ^ Iran's freestyle wrestler Zare wins gold at 2023 Belgrade
  19. ^ Zare ready to win gold at 2023 World Wrestling Championships - Tehran Times
  20. ^ The Iranian Freestyle Wrestling Team Became the Runner-Up of The World
  21. ^ Zare wins gold at 2023 Belgrade
  22. ^ Iranian freestyle wrestlers qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics
  23. ^ 2022 Asian Games: Zare Wins Gold in Wrestling
  24. ^ Wrestler Zare collects Iran’s 12th gold at Hangzhou
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