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| Native name | علیاکبر یوسفی | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 (age 27) Babol, Mazandaran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official Instagram Profile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 130 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ali Akbar Yousefi (Persian: علیاکبر یوسفی, born 30 April 1997) is an Iranian professional wrestler. He won gold medal in the 130 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. In 2019, he won gold medal in the same event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary and won bronze medal in 2018, U23.
By winning gold medal in 2021 Oslo, He became Iran's first-ever world champion in the heaviest Greco weight class in the World Wrestling Championships.
References
- "Greco-Roman wrestlers claim Junior Asian Wrestling Championships title". Tehran Times. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- "Iran's Yousefi seizes gold at World Greco-Roman Wrestling". tehran times. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- "Iranian Wrestler Snatches Bronze at U23 World Championship". Fars News Agency. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- "Iranian wrestlers win 2 golds at U23 championships". Iranian Students News Agency. 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- "Iran's Tokyo Olympic Lineup Set". United World Wrestling. 2021-10-10.
- "Yusefi gains Iranian wrestling history's first heavy weight gold". Islamic Republic News Agency. 2021-10-10.
- "Yousefi makes history by winning 1st gold in 130kg in c'ships". Mehr News Agency. 2021-10-10.
External links
- Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiaahmadchali at the International Wrestling Database
- Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiahmadchali at United World Wrestling
- Ali Akbar Yousefi on Instagram
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Babol
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Champions
- 21st-century Iranian sportsmen
- 1997 births
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Iran