YAZDANICHARATI Hassan

Islamic Republic of Iran
Wrestling
26 Dec 1994
28
Male
1.80/5'11''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WRE Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86Kg 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Lin'an Sports Culture & Exhibition Centre Tower A
Men's Freestyle 86Kg 1/4 Final
#241
IRI
YAZDANICHARATI HYAZDANICHARATI Hassan
10
VSU
TKM
ORAZGYLYJOV DORAZGYLYJOV Dovletmyrat
0
Finished
Followed by 		Lin'an Sports Culture & Exhibition Centre Tower A
Men's Freestyle 86Kg Semifinal
#244
MGL
BYAMBASUREN BEBYAMBASUREN Bat-Erdene
0
IRI
YAZDANICHARATI HYAZDANICHARATI Hassan
10
VSU
Finished
Followed by 		Lin'an Sports Culture & Exhibition Centre Tower B
Men's Freestyle 86Kg Gold Medal Match
#300
IND
PUNIA DPUNIA Deepak
0
IRI
YAZDANICHARATI HYAZDANICHARATI Hassan
10
VSU
Finished
Followed by 		Lin'an Sports Culture & Exhibition Centre Tower C
Men's Freestyle 86Kg 1/8 Final
#285
IRI
YAZDANICHARATI HYAZDANICHARATI Hassan
10
VSU
KGZ
ABDULLAEV MABDULLAEV Mukhammad
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Asian Games
1Men's 86kg2018Indonesia
Olympic Games
1Men's 74kg2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2Men's 86kg2020Tokyo, JPN
World Championships
1Men's 86kg2021Oslo, NOR
1Men's 86kg2019Nur-Sultan, KAZ
1Men's 86kg2017Paris, FRA
2Men's 86kg2022Belgrade, SRB
2Men's 70kg2015Las Vegas, NV, USA
3Men's 86kg2018Budapest, HUN
Asian Championships
1Men's 86kg2021Almaty, KAZ
1Men's 86kg2018Bishkek, KGZ
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The Leopard of Juybar (bloodyelbow, 12 Jan 2020)
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Spending time with his family, going on trips to the mountains and the woods. (khabaronline, 06 Jun 2020)
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Athlete, Business Owner
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Physical Education, Public Administration - Islamic Azad University, Qa'emshahr, IRI
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Farsi
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Hassan Yazdani Sport Academy [Islamic Republic of Iran]
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Pejman Dorostkar [national], IRI
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He is a distant relative of freestyle wrestler Reza Yazdani, who represented the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012, and 2016. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 May 2023; tasnimnews, 27 Mar 2017)
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In December 2019 he tore the meniscus in his knee during a training session. He underwent surgery and was able to resume training in February 2020. (tasnimnews, 27 Feb 2020; tehrantimes, 20 Dec 2019)
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He began wrestling in about 2005 in Juybar, Islamic Republic of Iran. "Six months after I had started training, I wanted to quit, because it was a hard sport, but under pressure from my father I entered a provincial competition in Mazandaran and finished second. This increased my motivation and became the reason I continued wrestling." (tasnimnews, 27 Mar 2017; bankvarzesh, 20 Sep 2015)
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"In our country, wrestling, especially in my town, is a popular sport. We also have popular traditional wrestling and as a child, I used to go watch. I became interested early in life and eventually participated and stayed with it." (olympicchannel, 25 Jun 2020)
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To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (inn, 05 Feb 2022)
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He occasionally enters the ring with a forward roll. "I used to do this when I was a child. I did this unintentionally at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas [NV, United States of America] and I saw that it was a good move and it had a great psychological effect on me, so I do it sometimes in front of my opponents." (mizan, 27 Nov 2021)
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"In a match between two opponents who know each other well, the wrestler who makes fewer mistakes and is better prepared wins." (varzesh3, 21 Mar 2021)
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He was named the 2021 Best Freestyle Wrestler by United World Wrestling [UWW] Asia. (United World Wrestling Asia Instagram profile, 23 Dec 2021)

In 2016 he was named Best Male Athlete of the Islamic Republic of Iran after winning a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (isna, 30 Mar 2017)

Additional Information

General
WEIGHT CLASS CHANGE
He won a gold medal in the 74kg weight class at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He has since moved up to the 86kg class. "My plans get adjusted based on my weight. Throughout the years, as I got heavier, I myself decided what weight class to compete in. With the new rules [speaking in 2020], cutting significant weight is difficult and you are forced to compete in higher weights. My natural weight is 89kg, and I think wrestling in the 86kg is ideal for me. If I gain weight, then I will wrestle in higher weights too, and I would like to experience that, but at the moment my weight does not allow that and I think the 86kg is good for me." (olympicchannel, 25 Jun 2020; khabarvarzeshi, 06 Jun 2020)

ACADEMY
He runs the Hassan Yazdani Sport Academy in Mazandaran Province, Islamic Republic of Iran. "It is a sports complex and training venue suitable for several sports. It was my duty as an athlete to take steps for the development of wrestling and sports in my province. I do this at my own expense. I have not received any support." (Hassan Yazdani Sport Academy Instagram profile, 08 May 2023; inn, 05 Feb 2022)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
VSU:
Victory by technical superiority - without any point scored by the opponent