Kianoush Rostami
Kianoush Rostami with gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameکیانوش رستمی
NationalityIranian
Born (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 32)
Kermanshah, Iran
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2016)
Weight89 kg (196 lb) (2021)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWeightlifting
Event–89 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 179 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 225 kg (2019)
  • Total: 403 kg (2019)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 85 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris 85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Almaty 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Houston 85 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon 85 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tashkent 89 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Tongling 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Pyeongtaek 85 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Sofia 85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Penang 85 kg

Kianoush Rostami (Persian: کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Olympian weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.

Rostami won the silver medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He originally took home the bronze medal, which ascended to a silver medal when Apti Aukhadov tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone from samples taken in 2012.

Despite having the third highest total at 96kg in Olympic qualifying, Rostami failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, as he sat 31st in the ROBI point rankings because he scored zero points in the second qualification period (1 May 2019 to 31 October 2019) of the 2020 Olympics after missing all three lifts in the snatch portion of the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.

Career

Rostami won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.

Rostami won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 85 kg event with a total of 380 kg. In June 2016, it was announced his silver medal ascendancy after Apti Aukhadov had tested positive for prohibited substances and therefore disqualified for a medal.[1][2]

In 2016, while competing at the Fajr Cup, in Tehran, Iran, Kianoush broke the Clean and jerk world record for his weight division, lifting 220 kg. Kianoush also broke the world record for his total, with 395 kg.[3]

Kianoush Rostami competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, representing Iran in the 85 kg weight division.[4] He won the gold medal in the 85 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics by tying an Olympic record with a 217 kg clean and jerk – set by Tian Tao just minutes prior – and setting a world record total with 396 kg.[5]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 85 kg 171 174 174 4 209 214 214 3 380 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 85 kg 174 179 182 1 215 215 217 1 396 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2010 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 77 kg 161 165 165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 193 198 198 5 354 4
2011 France Paris, France 85 kg 169 173 176 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 209 219 219 1st place, gold medalist(s) 382 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 85 kg 173 176 178 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 211 212 213 1st place, gold medalist(s) 391 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 United States Houston, United States 85 kg 173 178 178 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 214 218 219 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 387 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 85 kg 170 174 174 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 212 212 215 -- -- --
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 96 kg 180 180 180 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 89 kg 170 174 174 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 206 212 212 5 380 4
Asian Games
2010 China Guangzhou, China 85 kg 159 162 165 5 200 205 205 6 365 6
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 85 kg 166 166 172 1 208 212 212 2 380 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 94 kg 175 175 185 2 218 220 220 -- -- --
Asian Championships
2008 Japan Kanazawa, Japan 69 kg 126 131 133 10 -- -- -- -- -- --
2011 China Tongling, China 85 kg 157 162 166 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 193 198 201 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 363 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2012 South Korea Pyeongtaek, South Korea 85 kg 168 172 175 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 201 211 216 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 383 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 89 kg 167 176 176 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 206 206 216 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 373 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 South Korea Jinju, South Korea 89 kg 165 172 172 4 186 207 207 11 351 8
Fajr Cup
2016 Iran Tehran, Iran 85 kg 170 175 -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210 220 -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 395 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Iran Tehran, Iran 96 kg 161 172 -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 210 220 1st place, gold medalist(s) 392 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Iran Rasht, Iran 96 kg 175 175 177 -- 215 225 -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) -- --
Qatar Cup
2019 Qatar Doha, Qatar 96 kg 172 177 178 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210 220 225 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 403 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2010 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 85kg 152 157 160 1st place, gold medalist(s) 182 187 187 1st place, gold medalist(s) 347 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011 Malaysia Penang, Malaysia 85kg 162 168 171 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 204 204 210 1st place, gold medalist(s) 378 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "London 2012: Four Olympic weightlifting champions test positive". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Iran's Rostami awarded 2012 Olympic Games silver medal". tehrantimes.com. 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ "First International Fajr Cup, IWF Grand Prix | Rio Olympic Games Qualification Event" (PDF). www.iwf.net. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Rostami Kianoush". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Weightlifting: Men's 85kg". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016.

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