Navid Zanganeh is an Iranian wrestler and former member of the Iranian U-23 freestyle wrestling team.
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| Native name | نوید زنگنه | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Navid Zanganeh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | cheetah , khabib | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 1996 Eslamshahr, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alireza Rezaei, Sardar Molavi, Alireza Rezaeimanesh, | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Zanganeh wrestled for club Atrak Khorasan and represented Iran on the world stage.
During the 2018 Senior U23 World Championships in Bucharest Zanganeh earned a bronze medal after defeating Azerbaijani wrestler Ismail Abdullaev. [1]
At the 2019 U-23 Senior Asian Championships Zanganeh won a silver medal after beating opponents from Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan before facing defeat in the finals. [2]
The Takhti freestyle wrestling tournament took place on 7 and 8 February 2019 with representatives from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, Armenia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia. Zanganeh placed third and was a part of Iran's overall victory in the tournament. [3]
Zanganeh was shot at anti-government rally in Tehran and was subsequently arrested after being taken to hospital. He was detained for 15 days and was eventually released from Fashafaviye prison. [4] Zanganeh was immediately released from his club Atrak Khorasan and was unable to wrestle for Iran. [5] After the arrest was made public, Zanganeh emigrated to Canada in the hopes to resume his wrestling career representing Canada. [6]
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) gave an announcement which stated that Zanganeh was subjected to a four-year suspension due to a violation of anti-doping regulations. The violation stemmed from the detection of oxandrolone, a prohibited anabolic substance, in a urine sample of Zanganeh. The urine sample was collection during an in-competition sampling session on March 11, 2023. The sanction entails an ineligibility to participate in any sport signatory to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) at any capacity (including training with teammates), and concludes on April 24, 2027. [7]
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