Iranian Wrestling

[diz]

Olympic qualification in men’s FREESTYLE

(with athlete who qualified weight class or expected entry)



57 kg/125.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Serbia (Stevan Micic)

2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Rei Higuchi)

2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Arsen Harutyunuan)

2023 World bronze medalist – Albania (Zelimkhan Abakarov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Zavur Uguev)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mexico (Roman Bravo Young)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Puerto Rico (Darian Cruz)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Gamal Mohamed)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Guinea Bissau (Diamantino Iuna Fafe)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Aliabbas Rzazade)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Aryan Tsiutryn)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Gulomjon Abdullaev)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Bekzat Almaz Uulu)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – United States (Spencer Lee)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – India (Aman Aman)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – China (Wanhao Zou)



65 kg/143 lbs.

2023 World champion – Hungary (Ismail Musukaev)

2023 World silver medalist – Puerto Rico (Sebastian Rivera)

2023 World bronze medalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Shamil Mamedov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Vazgen Tevanyan)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Iran (Rahman Amouzadkhalili)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mexico (Austin Gomez)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Alejandro Valdes)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Australia (Georgii Okorokovv)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Samoa (Gaku Akazawa)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Haji Aliev)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Georgia (Goderdzi Dzebisashvili)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Japan (Kotaro Kiyooka)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Ernazar Akmataliev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Albania (Islam Dudaev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Mongolia (Tulga Tumur Ochir)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – United States (Zain Retherford)



74 kg/163 lbs.

2023 World champion – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Zaurbek Sidakov)

2023 World silver medalist – United States (Kyle Dake)

2023 World bronze medalist – Serbia (Hetik Cabolov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Japan (Daichi Takatani)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Greece (Kougioumtsidis)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Venezuela (Anthony Montero Chirinos)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Geandry Garzon Caballero)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Guinea Bissau (Bacar Ndum)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Amr Hussen)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Turan Bayramov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Yones Emamichoghaei)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Bekzod Abdurakhmonov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Tajikistan (Viktor Rassadin)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Slovakia (Taimuraz Salkazanov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Albania (Chermen Valiev)



86 kg/189 lbs.

2023 World champion – United States (Aaron Brooks)**

2023 World silver medalist – Iran (Hassan Yazdanicharati)

2023 World bronze medalist – San Marino (Myles Amine)

2023 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Azamat Dauletbekov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Uzbekistan (Javrail Shapiev)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Puerto Rico (Ethan Ramos)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Alexander Moore)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Australia (Jayden Lawrence)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Fateh Benferdjallah)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Artur Naifonov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Osman Nurmagomedov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist –Mongolia (Bat Erdene Byambasuren)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Japan (Hauato Ishiguro)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Greece (Dauren Kurugliev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Bulgaria (Magomed Ramazanov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Georgia (Vladimeri Gamkrelidze)

IOC Refugee Team entry (Iman Mahdavi)



97 kg/213.75 lbs.

2023 World champion – Bahrain (Akhmed Tazhudinov)

2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Magomedkhan Magomedov)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Kyle Snyder)

2023 World bronze medalist – Georgia (Givi Matcharishvili)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Turkey (Ibrahim Ciftci)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Arturo Silot Torres)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Dominican Republic (Luis Perez Sosa)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist –Egypt (Mostafa Elders)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – South Africa (Nicolaas De Lange)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Alikhan Zhabrailov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Aliaksandr Hushtyn)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Alisher Yergali)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Amirali Azarpira)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Germany (Erik Thiele)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Poland (Zbigniew Baranowski)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – China (Awusayiman Habila)



125 kg/275 lbs.

2023 World champion – Iran (Amir Zare)

2023 World silver medalist – Georgia (Geno Petriashvili)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Mason Parris)

2023 World bronze medalist – Turkey (Taha Akgul)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Abdulla Kurbanov)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Puerto Rico (Jonavan Smith)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Amarveer Dhesi)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Nigeria (Ashton Mutuwa)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Diaaldin AbedelMottaleb)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Giorgi Meshvildishvili)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Dzianis Khramiankou)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mongolia (Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Yusup Batirmurzaev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Aiaal Lazarev

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – China (Zhiwei Deng)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Hungary (Daniel Ligeti)

https://www.themat.com/news/2024/may...5-quota-berths

[diz]

Greco-Roman Olympic qualifications (with athlete who qualified weight class)


Greco-Roman 60 kg/132 lbs.

2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Zholaman Sharshenbekov)

2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Fumita Kenichiro)

2023 World bronze medalist – China (Liguo Cao)

2023 World bronze medalist – Uzbekistan (Islomjon Bakhramov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Iran (Mehdi Mohsen Nejad)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Venezuela (Raber Jose Rodriguez Orozco)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Kevin DeArmas Rodriguez)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Moamen Mohamed)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Abdelkarim Fergat)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Moldova (Victor Ciobanu)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Turkey (Enes Basar)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Aidos Sultangali)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – North Korea (Se ung Ri)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Sadyk Lalaev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Murad Mammadov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Serbia (Georgij Tibilov)

IOC Refugee Team entry (Jamal Valizadeh)



Greco-Roman 67 kg/147.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Cuba (Luis Orta Sanchez)

2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Hasrat Jafarov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Serbia (Mate Nemes)

2023 World bronze medalist – Iran (Mohammedreza Geraei)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Armenia (Slavik Galstyan)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ecuador (Andres Montano Arroyo)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Chile (Nestor Almanza Truyol)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Tunisia (Souleyman Nasr)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Ishak Ghaiou)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – France (Mamadassa Sylla)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ukraine (Parviz Nasibov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Amantur Ismailov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Japan (Kyotaro Sogabe)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Moldova (Valentin Petic)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Georgia (Ramaz Zoidze)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Egypt (Mohammad ElSayed)



Greco-Roman 77 kg/169.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Akzhol Makhmudov)

2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Sanan Suleymanov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Malkhas Amoyan)

2023 World bronze medalist – Japan (Nao Kusaka)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Uzbekistan (Aram Vardanyan)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Yosvanys Pena Flores)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Colombia (Jair Cuero Munoz)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Abd Elkrim Ouakali)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Mahmoud Abdelrahman)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Turkey (Burhan Akbudak)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Finland (Jonni Kunnari Sarkkinen)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Demeu Zhadrayev)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Amin Kaviyaninejad)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Bulgaria (Aik Mnatsakanian

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Sergei Kutuzov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Hungary (Levai Zoltan)



Greco-Roman 87 kg/191.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Turkey (Ali Cengiz)

2023 World silver medalist – Hungary (David Losonczi)

2023 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Zhan Beleniuk)

2023 World bronze medalist – Bulgaria (Semen Novikov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Kazakhstan (Nursultan Tursynov)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Payton Jacobson)**

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Colombia (Carlos Munoz Jaramillo)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Bachir Sid Azara)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Mohammed Metwally)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Serbia (Aleksandr Komarov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Milad Alirzaev)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Alireza Mohmadipiani)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – China (Haitao Qian)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Kiril Maskevich)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Rafig Huseynov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Poland (Arkadiusz Kulynycz)



Greco-Roman 97 kg/213.75 lbs.

2023 World champion – Cuba (Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan)

2023 World silver medalist – Armenia (Artur Aleksanyan)

2023 World bronze medalist – Czechia (Artur Omarov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Iran (Mohammadhadi Saravi)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR - (Abubakr Khaslakhanau)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Josef Rau)**

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Honduras (Kevin Mejia Castillo)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Mohamed Elsayed Gabr)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Fadi Rouabah)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Lithuania (Mindaugas Venckaitis)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Georgia (Roberti Kobliashvili)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Rustam Assakalov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Korea (Seungjun Kim)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Finland (Arvi Savolainen)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Artur Sargsian)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Kyrgyzstan (Uzur Dzhuzupbekov)



Greco-Roman 130 kg/286 lbs.

2023 World champion – Iran (Amin Mirzazadeh)

2023 World silver medalist – Turkey (Riza Kayaalp)

2023 World bronze medalist – Egypt (Abdellatif Mohamed)

2023 World bronze medalist – Cuba (Oscar Pino Hinds)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – China (Lingzhe Meng)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Adam Coon)**

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Chile (Yasmani Acosta Fernandez)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Germany (Jello Krahmer)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Sergei Semenov)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Tunisia (Amine Guennichi)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Morocco (Oussama Assad)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Korea (Seungchan Lee)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Alimkhan Syzdykov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Sabah Shariati)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Romania (Alin Ciurariu)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Pavel Hlinchuk)

https://www.themat.com/news/2024/may...5-quota-berths

[Ostad_Goosfand]

So gerai made it over ismaili for 67kg in GR?

[diz]

So gerai made it over ismaili for 67kg in GR?

thanks for pointing this out. The list I cited may not have been up to date with their wrestle-off matches. Ismaili won both so it seems he will be going to Olympics.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WmrF__kk8

[oracle]

So gerai made it over ismaili for 67kg in GR?

.............no ismaili beat him 6-4.
gerai out ...ismaili Olympic rep

[Ostad_Goosfand]

thanks for pointing this out. The list I cited may not have been up to date with their wrestle-off matches. Ismaili won both so it seems he will be going to Olympics.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WmrF__kk8

Good for him. Sad to see for gerai, he fell off after winning gold

[TM4LIFE]

Good for him. Sad to see for gerai, he fell off after winning gold

More like Ismaeli showed up big. Basically beat the Cuban if not for that lapse of concentration

[diz]

Here's the Ismaeli momentary lapse in judgement that cost him the match. It wasn't that he was just celebrating. He TURNED HIS BACK on his opponent BEFORE the final whistle!!!! Thank god it was not the Olympics. It would be like a football goalie walking away from his line before the final whistle.

A huge lesson to all our players in EVERY sport: it's not over until you hear a whistle!!! Reminds of when TM started arguing with the ref while the match was still going and we got scored on.

[diz]

This guy, Fardin Hedayati, went under the radar for me. I don't think I had seen him wrestle before. Here he is taking out Kayaalp in the ranking series. And unlike ismaeli, even when Kayaalp gives up in the final seconds, he never turns his back and keeps his focus. Nice work!

[Nokhodi]

Russian wrestlers have been banned from the Olympics. Very harsh.

[diz]

Russian wrestlers have been banned from the Olympics. Very harsh.

Bullshit. Western hypocrisy at it’s finest.

[oracle]

Russian wrestlers have been banned from the Olympics. Very harsh.

Time for our boys take advantage and win Olympic golds.

[PEJ]

Russian wrestlers have been banned from the Olympics. Very harsh.

I bet they just show up as unaffiliated athletes.

[TM4LIFE]

Hopefully the Russian athletes show up. It would undermine every gold medal there. Imagine Olympic wrestling without the likes of Sadulaev

[diz]

YAZDANI fun interview

Q: "What kind of car do you have?"

A: "I have a Chinese car"

Also, something I never knew: he goes by Pourya at home!