POLL: Iran's athlete of the year?

[_Navid_]

So we are in the last days of the current Iranian year. I saw this poll being done in a few websites so I thought we can do it here as well.
6 athletes in alphabetical order. Choose between 1 to 3 of them.
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Farzan Ashourzadeh (Taekwondo)
-Iran's Taekwondo sensation, Iran' youngest ever gold medal winner at Asian games (Only 17!!)
-Has won every tournament and grand prix he has participated in after Asian games, usually beating opponents by at least 10 points!
-Nicknamed Tsunami by world Taekwondo Federation
-Iran's most favorite athlete for gold medal in Rio 2016.

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Sardar Azmoun (Football)
-Iran's golden boy didn't get to play in the world cup but shone in the Asian cup.

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Sareh Javanmardi (Paralympic shooter)
-Won 2 gold medals in Asian para-games this year.
-Was chosen as the best Asian female athlete of the year by Asian Olympic committee.

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Najmeh Khedmati (Shooting)
-Only 18 years old.
-Won Iran's first gold medal at Asian games, beating Olympic and world record holders on the way.

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Saeid Marouf (Volleyball)
-Best year of his career.
-Captained Iran to 4th and 6th spot in world league and world championship, respectively.
-Joined one of the world's best volleyball clubs (Kazan), and is already in the semi-final of European Champions league with them.

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Hamid Sourian (Greco-Roman Wrestling)
-Iran's legendary wrestler got his 6th world gold medal (7 including Olympics)
-Passed Abdollah Movahed to become Iran's most successful athlete in history in terms of gold medals in world stage.

[KC McElroy]

There are many others that should be included.

[_Navid_]

Name them please and discuss why. These 6 are the ones that most distinguished themselves and achieved in national level this year.

[Abbas85]

The taekwondo kid because he looks like he could be playing chess, not kicking you in the chest. Also the way you describe him he sounds like he's our next hadi saei

[Camran khan]

Where is Maziar Zare on the list??

[KC McElroy]

Arashi Washi and his naked pictures with gel in his hair.

[Bi-honar]

I think the honors should go jointly to Najmeh Khedmati (mentioned above) and Hamideh Abbasali (not mentioned).

I have a soft spot for Iranian women achieving anything under this oppressive regime, but they both also made history by:

1 - Making the 2014 Asian Game the 1st EVER (including before the revolution) for Iranian women to win two gold medals (one of only 3 Asian Games in which we have won a women's gold medal).

2 - Being the 1st Iranian women to win a gold in the Asian Games in their respective fields.

3 - They both won a silver medal in the World Championships in their respective fields in the same year (I also believe that's a 1st for Iranian women - to win a gold in the Asian Games and another medal at the World Championships in the same year).

[_Navid_]

^ Great post as usual. Hamideh definitely could have made the list. Unfortunately I forgot to.

[Bi-honar]

^^^ All good bro, you did leave a spot for other and multiple choice, so the poll is purrrrrrfect

[Abtin]

I would go for Saeid Marouf.

[_Navid_]

The taekwondo kid because he looks like he could be playing chess, not kicking you in the chest. Also the way you describe him he sounds like he's our next hadi saei

I know. He looks very innocent! But on the mat he is something else. We also have another huge talent in taekwondo, 16 year old girl called kimia alizadeh who was robbed of asian games medal, as koreans didn't let her compete due to being under age!
We will see great things from these 2 in Rio 2016.

[Z Joon]

Marouf for me easy

[irani8perspolis]

Sourian

[hzv]

ashourzadeh
marouf
sourian

in order

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Thread moved to athlete of the year forum!