Hamid Sourian

Personal information

Native name

حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور

Full name

Hamid Sourian Reihanpour

Nationality

Iranian

Born

August 24, 1985
Rey, Iran

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

55 kg (121 lb)

Sport

Country

Iran

Sport

Sport wrestling

Event(s)

Greco-Roman 55kg

Club

Babak Rey Wrestling Club

Medal record

Competitor for Iran
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold	2012 London	55 kg
World Championships
Gold	2005 Budapest	55 kg
Gold	2006 Guangzhou	55 kg
Gold	2007 Baku	55 kg
Gold	2009 Herning	55 kg
Gold	2010 Moscow	55 kg
Gold	2014 Tashkent	59 kg
Asian Championships
Gold	2007 Bishkek	55 kg
Gold	2008 Jeju City	55 kg

Hamid Sourian Reihanpour (Persian: حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور‎, was born in August 24, 1985 in Rey, Iran) is an Iranian wrestler from Tehran province. He is a six-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Sourian amazingly won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian gold medalist. Sourian won the gold medal in the 55 kg Greco-Roman competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Olympic 2008

Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria.^[2]

Summer Olympics 2012

On 5 August 2012, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov in the 55 kg final.^[3]^[4]

Results

2005 World Championship – Gold medal
- Round 1: Rest
- Round 2: Defeated Vugar Rakhimov (UKR), 2–0 (4–3, 2–1)
- Round 3: Defeated Bayram Özdemir (TUR), 2–0 (4–0, 3–2)
- Round 4: Defeated Lázaro Rivas (CUB), 2–0 (2–1, 7–1)
- Semifinal: Defeated Yermek Kuketov (KAZ), Disqualification
- Final: Defeated Park Eun-chul (KOR), 2–0 (2–1, 4–3)
2006 World Championship – Gold medal
- Round 1: Defeated Vicente Lillo (ESP), 2–0 (6–0, 7–0)
- Round 2: Defeated Vugar Rakhimov (UKR), 2–0 (7–2, 2–1)
- Round 3: Defeated Venelin Venkov (BUL), 2–0 (8–2, 4–0)
- Semifinal: Defeated Lindsey Durlacher (USA), 2–0 (5–3, 3–2)
- Final: Defeated Rovshan Bayramov (AZE), 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
2007 World Championship – Gold medal
- Round 1: Defeated Shane Parker (AUS), 2–0 (5–0, 8–1)
- Round 2: Defeated Anders Nyblom (DEN), 2–0 (2–1, 4–0)
- Round 3: Defeated Lindsey Durlacher (USA), 2–0 (4–0, 6–0)
- Round 4: Defeated Virgil Munteanu (ROU), 2–0 (4–3, 2–2)
- Semifinal: Defeated Kristijan Fris (SRB), 2–0 (3–0, 1–1)
- Final: Defeated Park Eun-chul (KOR), 2–1 (1–1, 3–0, 4–0)
2008 Olympics – 5th place
- Round 1: Defeated Venelin Venkov (BUL), Fall
- Round 2: Defeated Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW), 2–0 (8–0, 6–0)
- Round 3: Lost to Nazyr Mankiev (RUS), 1–2 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
- Repechage: Defeated Kristijan Fris (SRB), 2–0 (5–0, 1–1)
- Bronze medal match: Lost to Park Eun-chul (KOR), 0–2 (1–1, 2–2)
2009 World Championship – Gold medal
- Round 1: Rest
- Round 2: Defeated Joaquín Martínez (ESP), 2–0 (7–0, 3–0)
- Round 3: Defeated Spenser Mango (USA), 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
- Round 4: Defeated Erhan Karakuş (TUR), 2–0 (1–0, 1–0)
- Semifinal: Defeated Håkan Nyblom (DEN), 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
- Final: Defeated Roman Amoyan (ARM), 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
2010 World Championship – Gold medal
- Round 1: Rest
- Round 2: Defeated Mohammed Bouterfessa (ALG), 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
- Round 3: Defeated Venelin Venkov (BUL), 2–0 (2–0, 2–2)
- Round 4: Defeated Jani Haapamäki (FIN), 2–0 (2–0, 1–1)
- Semifinal: Defeated Roman Amoyan (ARM), 2–0 (1–0, 2–0)
- Final: Defeated Choi Gyu-jin (KOR), 2–1 (4–0, 0–3, 1–0)
2012 Olympics – Gold medal
- Round 1: Rest
- Round 2: Defeated Arsen Eraliev (KGZ), 2–1 (4–0, 0–2, 2–1)
- Round 3: Defeated Péter Módos (HUN), 2–0 (2–0, 1–0)
- Semifinal: Defeated Håkan Nyblom (DEN), 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
- Final: Defeated Rovshan Bayramov (AZE), 2–0 (2–0, 1–0)
2014 World Championship – Gold medal
- Round 1: Defeated Alex Anechitei (ROU), 8–0
- Round 2: Defeated Haithem Mahmoud (EGY), 2–1
- Round 3: Defeated Ismael Borrero (CUB), 5–0
- Round 4: Defeated Taleh Mammadov (AZE), 3–0
- Semifinal: Defeated Elmurat Tasmuradov (UZB), 2–1
- Final: Defeated Mingiyan Semenov (RUS), 2–1