Behdad Salimi

Behdad Salimi

Behdad Salimi in 2016, during the olympic games
Personal information
Full name Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi[1]
Nickname(s) "Iranian Hercules"[2]
Nationality  Iran
Born (1989-12-08) December 8, 1989[3]
Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Residence Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Education Physical Education
Alma mater Islamic Azad University of Ghaemshahr
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)[3]
Weight 169.79 kg (374.3 lb)[4]
Sport
Country  Iran
Sport Weightlifting
Club Zob Ahan[5]
Coached by Ghasem Ghazalian
Kourosh Bagheri
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 216 kg (2016, WR)
  • Clean and jerk: 255 kg (2014, AGR)
  • Total: 465 kg (2014, AGR)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
2012 London +105 kg
World Championships
2010 Antalya +105 kg
2011 Paris +105 kg
2014 Almaty +105 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou +105 kg
2014 Incheon +105 kg
Asian Championships
2009 Taldykorgan +105 kg
2011 Tongling +105 kg
2012 Pyeongtaek +105 kg

Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی كردآسیابی‎‎, born December 8, 1989 in Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category. Salimi currently holds the world record in the snatch with 216 kg in his weight class.[6]

Career

Behdad Salimi in 2016

At the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships Salimi won the gold medal in the +105 kg category.[7] Salimi won gold again in the +105 kg category at the 2010 Asian Games with a 205 kg snatch and a 235 kg clean and jerk.[8]

Salimi won the gold medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in Paris, France on November 13, 2011, and set a new snatch world record of 214 kg.[6]

Salimi became the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the +105 kg category on August 7, 2012 with a 208 kg snatch, a 247 kg clean and jerk for a total of 455 kg.[9][10]

Despite a torn ACL, total knee re-construction and over two years out of the game, Behdad Salimi returned to weightlifting in 2016 to compete in the Fajr Cup, held in Tehran, Iran and won gold.[11]

Salimi made a weightlifting comeback, in the Rio 2016 Olympics,[12] where he bettered his own world record in the snatch and completed a clean & jerk lift which was approved by all three referees before being controversialy disqualified by the jury.[13] Iran’s National Olympics Committee filed an application to the CAS.[14] The International Weightlifting Federation website was hacked on the next morning and its Instagram page flooded with over 285,000 comments.[15]

Leaving national team

After 2012 London Olympic games he and other Olympic medalists of Iran protested against Iran's national weightlifting team head coach Kourosh Bagheri for using offensive language in training and declined to attend national team exercises. As a result of a heavy argument on a live TV debate between Salimi and Kourosh Bagheri, the Iranian Weightlifting Federation dismissed Salimi and other weightlifters, who later on sided by Salimi in public and did not invite any of the London medalists for the 2013 Asian Weightlifting Championships and 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom +105 kg 2012052082247264--14551st, gold medalist(s)
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +105 kg 2062112161245245245---
World Championships
2010 Turkey Antalya, Turkey +105 kg 2032082112nd, silver medalist(s)2412452472nd, silver medalist(s)4531st, gold medalist(s)
2011 France Paris, France +105 kg 2012092141st, gold medalist(s)2412502601st, gold medalist(s)4641st, gold medalist(s)
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan +105 kg 2062112112nd, silver medalist(s)2462512573rd, bronze medalist(s)4572nd, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2010 China Guangzhou, China +105 kg 201201205123524124124401st, gold medalist(s)
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea +105 kg 2002102151241255--14651st, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2009 Kazakhstan Taldykorgan, kazakhstan +105 kg 1801901971st, gold medalist(s)220231--1st, gold medalist(s)4211st, gold medalist(s)
2011 China Tongling, China +105 kg 2002052081st, gold medalist(s)241250--1st, gold medalist(s)4581st, gold medalist(s)
2012 South Korea Pyeongtaek, South Korea +105 kg 1962012061st, gold medalist(s)2452602601st, gold medalist(s)4511st, gold medalist(s)
Fajr cup
2016 Iran Tehran, Iran +105 kg1952012051st, gold medalist(s)2252312313rd, bronze medalist(s)4301st, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2008 Colombia Cali, Colombia +105 kg 1811861902nd, silver medalist(s)2202262263rd, bronze medalist(s)4063rd, bronze medalist(s)
2009 Romania Bukarest, Romania +105 kg 1811901951st, gold medalist(s)2222282351st, gold medalist(s)4231st, gold medalist(s)
Asian Junior Championships
2008 South Korea Jeonju, South Korea +105 kg 1852nd, silver medalist(s)2222nd, silver medalist(s)4072nd, silver medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Olympics Official Profile
  2. ↑ http://kayhan.ir/en/news/30141/jury-panel-lets-iran%E2%80%99s-salimi-down-in-mens-105kg
  3. 1 2 "Behdad Salimi". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Behdad Salimi". iwf.net. IWF. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. ↑ سليمي به تيم وزنه‌برداري ذوب آهن پيوست ورزش ۳
  6. 1 2 "Behdad Salimi: 216-kg World Record Snatch". IronMind. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Behdad Salimi Wins the Supers at the World Weightlifting Championships". IronMind. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Asian Games Weightlifting: Behdad Salimi Wins the Supers!". IronMind. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Iran's Behdad Salimi Won Gold Medal in Men's Weightlifting +105kg". Kabir News. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  10. ↑ http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/men-more-than-105kg/index.html?v=20120807-202800975
  11. ↑ Bend, Bar (2016-06-02). "Behdad Salimi Returns to Competition, Goes 205/225 at Fajr Cup". Bar Bend Blog. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  12. ↑ "Top weightlifters to watch in Rio". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  13. ↑ "Iran slam Olympic lifting conspiracy as riot police called". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  14. ↑ http://en.mehrnews.com/news/119018/Iran-files-application-to-CAS-on-Salimi-s-case
  15. ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/17/olympics/summer-olympics/international-weightlifting-federation-website-hacked-after-iranians-controversial-olympic-exit/

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