Hossein Tavakoli

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Iran Iran
Men's Weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney 105 kg
Asian Games
Bronze 2002 Busan 105 kg
Asian Championships
Gold 1999 Wuhan 105 kg
Silver 2004 Almaty 105 kg

Hossein Tavakoli (Persian: حسین توکلی , born January 10, 1978 in Mahmoudabad) is an Iranian weightlifter who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal. He is widely known for jumping on the stand before getting the gold medal.


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Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight
1920-1948: +82.5 kg, 1952-1968: +90 kg, 1972+1976: 90-110 kg, 1980-1992: 100-110 kg, 1996: 99-108 kg, 2000+2004: 94-105 kg
1920: Filippo Bottino • 1924: Giuseppe Tonani • 1928: Josef Straßberger • 1932: Jaroslav Skobla • 1936: Josef Manger • 1948+1952: John Davis • 1956: Paul Anderson • 1960: Yury Vlasov • 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky • 1972: Jaan Talts • 1976: Yuri Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevitch • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov


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