Rahman Amouzad
Rahman Amouzad in 2021
Personal information
Birth nameرحمان عموزاد خلیلی
Full nameRahman Amouzad Khalili
Nickname(s)Black Panther Mazandaran
Rahman Merciless
Nationality Iran
Born (2001-07-17) 17 July 2001 (age 22)
Khalil Shahr, Behshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWrestling
Weight class65 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 65 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 65 kg
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Coralville Team
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ulaanbaatar 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Astana 65 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ufa 61 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zagreb 45 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sofia 48 kg
Asian Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent 45 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nur-Sultan 48 kg

Rahman Amouzad Khalili (born 17 July 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms.[1] One year after winning his second straight Cadet World Championship (U17), Amouzad claimed a bronze medal from the senior level 2020 Individual World Cup.[2][3] In 2021, he became the Junior World Champion.[4] In 2022, he won a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships.[5]

Major results

Year Competition Venue Position Event
Representing  Iran
2020 Individual World Cup Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2022 World Wrestling Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 65 kg

Career

2018–2019

After winning the Cadet Iranian National championship at 45 kilograms,[6] Amouzad claimed the Asian Continental and the World Championships in 2018.[7][8] After defending titles from the Iranian Nationals and the Asian Championships now at 48 kilos, Amouzad competed at the World Championships, where he notably defeated Steven Poulin from the United States in the semifinals, and went viral when Poulin refused to shake Amouzad's hand seconds before being thrown for four points, Amouzad winning with a clean 12–0 score.[9][10] After winning the World title, United World Wrestling named Amouzad the Cadet Freestyle Wrestler of the year.[11]

2020–2021

A two-time U17 World Champion, Amouzad joined the Islamic Azad University team at the age of 18, and made his senior level debut at 61 kilos in October 2020 competing in the Iranian Premier League, winning by technical fall over Ehsan Ranjbar and '16 University World Champion Younes Sarmasti.[12] As a Cadet World Champion, Amouzad qualified for the Iranian World Team Trials, which were held on 5 November,[13] where he went 1–2 at 57 kg, losing to Reza Atri, winning over Nader Hajaghania and losing to Alireza Sarlak.[14] Mohammad Ibrahim Emami, the spokesman of the Iranian Wrestling Federation, blamed both of Amouzad's losses to referee's mistakes, stating he should have won both matches.[15] Amouzad then competed in the returning round of the Iranian Premier League on 6 December, beating Reza Khalaghi and Erfan Jafarian.[16] On 16 December, Amouzad competed at the Individual World Cup, claiming the bronze medal after defeating high level opponents, only losing to two-time and reigning World Champion Zaur Uguev.[3]

On 9 March 2021, Amouzad competed against '19 Asian Continental champion Reza Atri for the Iranian Olympic Team spot, losing in a close bout on points.[17] On 20 May, Amouzad claimed the Takhi Cup at 61 kilograms.[18]

On August, Amouzad returned to the age-group, now in the junior level, becoming the 2021 Junior World Champion at 61 kilograms.[4][19]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location 2021 World Championships 11th at 61 kg Loss 14–5 Toshihiro Hasegawa 5–9 2 October 2021 2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway Win 14–4 Gamzatgadzsi Halidov 5–0 2021 Takhi Cup at 61 kg Win 13–4 Mohammad Ramezanpour 3–1 20 May 2021 2021 Takhi Cup Tehran, Iran Win 12–4 Dariush Gholizadeh TF 11–0 Win 11–4 Peyman Nemati 3–1 Win 10–4 Amir Hossein Khodabakhshi 6–1 2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials at 57 kg Loss 9–4 Reza Atri 4–6 9 March 2021 2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials Tehran, Iran 2020 Individual World Cup at 57 kg Win 9–3 Uladzislau Andreyeu 4–0 16 December 2020 2020 Individual World Cup Belgrade, Serbia Loss 8–3 Zaur Uguev Fall Win 8–2 Diamantino Iuna Fafé Fall Win 7–2 Givi Davidovi TF 11–0 Win 6–2 Saban Kiziltas TF 10–0 2020 Iranian Premier League for IAU at 57 kg Win 5–2 Erfan Jafarian 11–2 6 December 2020 2020 Iranian Premier League Tehran, Iran Win 4–2 Reza Khalaghi TF 10–0 2020 IRI World Team Trials at 57 kg Loss 3–2 Alireza Sarlak 8–10 5 November 2020 2020 Iranian World Team Trials Tehran, Iran Win 3–1 Nader Hajaghania FF Loss 2–1 Reza Atri 4–4 2020 Iranian Premier League for IAU at 61 kg Win 2–0 Younes Sarmasti TF 10–0 2 October 2020 2020 Iranian Premier League Tehran, Iran Win 1–0 Ehsan Ranjbar TF 12–2

External links


References

  1. ^ Eric. "Freestyle World Cup Rosters". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. ^ Taylor. "Amouzadkhalili wins second-straight men's freestyle Cadet World title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  3. ^ a b "Iranian wrestler wins World Championship bronze". iranpress.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  4. ^ a b "Iran Freestyle Team Claims Title of Junior World C'ships - Sports news". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  5. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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  7. ^ Taylor. "Iran Scores Two Champions to Win Cadet World Team Title at #Zagreb2018". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  8. ^ "Iran Winner of Cadet Asian Championships". Financial Tribune. 2018-05-14. Archived from the original on 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  9. ^ "I taught American wrestler sportsmanship: Amouzad Khalili". Tehran Times. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  10. ^ "World junior champion says American opponent disrespects Iranian people". IRNA English. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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  19. ^ "2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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