Gasem Rezai ( Pers. قاسم رضایی ; August 18, 1985 , Amol , Iran ) - Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler , 2012 Olympic champion, three-time World Championships winner, two-time Asian champion [1] [2 ] ] .
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| Nicknames | Amol Tiger |
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| Club | Melli haffari |
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| Growth | 183 cm |
| Weight | 88 kg |
Biography
In 2004, he won the Asian Championship among juniors, in 2005 he was second at the World Championship among juniors, and at the World Championship among adults he was only 27th. In 2006, he won the bronze medal of the Asian Championship among adults and was fifth at the Golden Grand Prix. This year I moved from light heavy to heavy. In 2007, he won silver at the World Cup and bronze at the World Cup. At the memorial to Dan Kolov and Nikola Petrov in Sofia, he was only the seventh. In 2008 became the champion of Asia
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he fought in the category up to 96 kg ( heavy weight ). The tournament was attended by 19 people. The tournament was held according to the system with elimination after the defeat with comforting fights. The wrestlers by lot were divided into two groups, in the first group there were eight athletes who started the fight from the 1/8 finals, in the second group twelve, of which four started the fight from the 1/8 finals, and eight fighters held qualifying meetings for the right to get into 1 / 8 finals. Those athletes who did not lose a single fight went to the finals, where they played the first and second places. The wrestlers who lost to the finalists began to fight in the consolation tournament, according to the results of which two bronze medalists were determined, one in each group. In other words, the wrestler, having lost the fight in any round of the tournament, did not immediately drop out, but expected the results of the meeting of his winner in the next round. For example, the wrestler lost in 1/8, his winner reached the quarter-finals. If his winner in the quarter finals lost, then the wrestler dropped out immediately, and his winner went to a comforting tournament. If his winner in the quarter finals won again, then the wrestler met in a comforting meeting with the loser in the quarter finals and so on. The fight by the rules consisted of three periods of two minutes; the winner in two periods won the meeting.
The Iranian wrestler began with qualifying fights and in the first meeting lost by the last evaluated action. His winner later also lost, and Rezai dropped out of the tournament, taking 16th place.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| Qualification | Mindaugas Ezerkis | Defeat | 1-1, 2-1, 1-1 | 6 a.m. |
In 2009, he took third place in the Imam Yadegar Cup Cup, in eighth in eighth in the Vehbi-Emre tournament and the Imam Yadegar Cup Cup, and in general left a big fight. But in 2011 he was again attracted to the national team, as two leading Iranian fighters were disqualified for doping. In 2011, he won the FILA test tournament and the pre-Olympic qualification tournament.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he fought in the category of up to 96 kilograms ( heavy weight ). The tournament was attended by 19 people. Tournament regulations and rules remain the same. This time, Gasem Rezai managed to defeat all rivals and become the Olympic champion. In the final, he defeated the Russian athlete Ruslan Totrov.
In the Russian press it was described as follows:
A powerful Iranian from the first seconds of the fight tried to push the opponent out of the center of the carpet. Totrov skillfully restrained the onslaught, and the first one and a half minutes of the meeting ended to no avail. Rezai got the right to attack, the Russian managed to resist, rise in the stance, but the Iranian in a controversial situation pushed him out of the carpet (1: 0). The protest of the Russians did not change the decision of the judges, adding another point to the opponent (2: 0). The second round was again in an equal fight. Totrov already had the opportunity to conduct an attack, but Rezai managed to repel all the attacks of the Russian and achieved victory.
Ruslan Totrov commented on the defeat:
- At first, he (Gasem Rezai) completely closed and did not allow me to grab, and then, when I did make it, he crawled to the edge of the carpet. I had to take risks, but failed. He did not give me any special options.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| 1/8 finals | Senk Ildem | Victory | 0-2, 1-0, 2-0 | 6 a.m. | |
| 1/4 finals | Arthur Aleksanyan | Victory | 2-0, 1-0 | 4:00 | |
| 1/2 finals | Junior Estrada | Victory | 2-0, 1-0 | 4:00 | |
| The final | Rustam Totrov | Victory | 2-0, 1-0 | 4:00 |
Notes
- ↑ Ghasem Rezaei Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ International Wrestling Database (unreachable link) . Date of treatment February 7, 2014. Archived December 4, 2016.
Links
- Gasem Rezai - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Gasem Rezai - profile on the International Wrestling Database website