Amir Hossein Zare

Amir Hossein Zare
Zare at 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAmir Hossein Zare
Nickname(s)Heavyweight King
Rostam of Iran
The Iranian Giant
Iranian Warrior
NationalityIranian
Born (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)
Amol, Mazandaran, Iran[1]
Alma materIslamic Azad University Ayatollah Amoli
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubShahr Bank
Iran Mall
Fooladin Zob Amol
Petro Palayesh Bilish
Turned pro2018
Coached byHamid Aghajani
Ebrahim Mehraban
Gholamreza Mohammadi
Now coachingMohsen Kaveh
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 2 0 1
Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0
Asian Championships 1 0 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
World U23 Championships 1 0 0
Other 10 1 1
Total 15 3 3
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 125 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 125 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bishkek 125 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 125 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Almaty 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zagreb 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Urmia 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Vladikavkaz 125 kg
World Club Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bojnord 125 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 125 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tallinn 125 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Beirut 125 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 110 kg
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zagreb 110 kg
Asian Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent 110 kg

Amir Hossein Zare (Persian: امیرحسین زارع; born 16 January 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the heavyweight division.[2] Zare became World Champion in 2021, and 2023. He was the 2019 U23 World Champion at age 18.[3][4] He claimed a Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal in 2021.[5] In the age-group, he was the 2018 Cadet World Champion and claimed silver medals from the 2019 Junior World Championships and the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics.[6]

  1. ^ A.Zare Eurosport
  2. ^ "ایران قهرمان کشتی آزاد جوانان آسیا شد". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Iran's heavyweight wrestler Zare wins U23 Senior World Championships in Hungary". 31 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Iran's freestyle wrestling team finishes second at U23 World Championships". www.payvand.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. ^ "ZARE Amir Hossein Abbas profile page". uww.org. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Iranian Wrestlers Earn Two Silver Medals at Youth Olympics". tsnimnews.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.