Kianoush Rostami

Kianoush Rostami

Kianoush Rostami with gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name کیانوش رستمی
Nationality Iranian
Born (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991
Eslamabad-e Gharb, Iran
Residence Kermanshah, Iran
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2016)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) –85 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 179 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 220 kg (2016, WR)
  • Total: 396 kg (2016, WR)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro –85 kg
2012 London –85 kg
World Championships
2011 Paris –85 kg
2014 Almaty –85 kg
2015 Houston –85 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon –85 kg
Asian Championships
2011 Tongling –85 kg
2012 Pyeongtaek –85 kg

Kianoush Rostami (Persian: کیانوش رستمی‎‎, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Olympic weightlifter with Kurdish origin. He represented Iran at the 2016 Olympic Games, in the category of 85 kg, he placed first, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.

Rostami also received a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. If confirmed, it will be later upgraded to a silver after Apti Aukhadov tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone from samples taken in 2012.

Career

Rostami won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]

Rostami won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 85 kg category with a total of 380 kg. In June 2016 it was announced that the silver medal winner Apti Aukhadov had tested positive for prohibited substances and therefore disqualified for his medal. If confirmed, Rostami's medal will be upgraded to a silver medal.[2][3]

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.[4]

Kianoush Rostami competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, representing Iran in the 85 kg weight division.[5] 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.[6]

Major results

YearVenue WeightRecord (kg) / Rank
Snatch Cl&Jerk Total
Olympic Games
2012 London, United Kingdom 85 kg 171 / 4 209 / 3 380 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 85 kg 179 / 1 217 / 1 396 WR / 1st, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2010 Antalya, Turkey 77 kg 161 / 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 193 / 5 354 / 4
2011 Paris, France 85 kg 173 / 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 209 / 1st, gold medalist(s) 382 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 85 kg 178 / 2nd, silver medalist(s) 213 / 1st, gold medalist(s) 391 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
2015 Houston, United States 85 kg 173 / 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 214 / 2nd, silver medalist(s) 387 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou, China 85 kg 165 / 5 200 / 6 365 / 6
2014 Incheon, South Korea 85 kg 172 / 1 208 / 2 380 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2008 Kanazawa, Japan 69 kg 131 / 10 No mark No mark
2011 Tongling, China 85 kg 162 / 2nd, silver medalist(s) 201 / 2nd, silver medalist(s) 363 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2012 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 85 kg 172 / 1st, gold medalist(s) 211 / 2nd, silver medalist(s) 383 / 2nd, silver medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2010 Sofia, Bulgaria 77 kg 160 / 1st, gold medalist(s) 187 / 1st, gold medalist(s) 347 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
2011 Penang, Malaysia 85 kg 168 / 2nd, silver medalist(s) 210 / 1st, gold medalist(s) 378 / 1st, gold medalist(s)
Fajr Cup
2016 Tehran, Iran 85 kg 175 / 1 220 WR / 1 395 WR / 1

References

  1. ↑ "Iranian lifter wins 2 golds at worlds". Press TV. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "London 2012: Four Olympic weightlifting champions test positive". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. ↑ Iran's Rostami awarded 2012 Olympic Games silver medal
  4. ↑ "1st International Fajr Cup – IWF Grand Prix, Olympic Qualification Event | International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  5. ↑ "ROSTAMI Kianoush". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/rio-2016/results/sports/weightlifting/mens-85kg. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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