Rahman Amouzad

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Rahman Amouzad
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Rahman Amouzad in 2021
Personal information
Birth nameرحمان عموزاد خلیلی
Full nameRahman Amouzad Khalili
Nickname(s)Black Panther Mazandaran
Rahman Merciless
NationalityFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Born (2001-07-17) 17 July 2001 (age 22)
Khalil Shahr, Behshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Sport Wrestling
Weight class65 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Belgrade 65 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 65 kg
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Coralville Team
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Belgrade 57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Ulaanbaatar 65 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Astana 65 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Bishkek 65 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Ufa 61 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Zagreb 45 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Sofia 48 kg
Asian Cadets Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tashkent 45 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Nur-Sultan 48 kg

Rahman Amouzad Khalili (born 17 July 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms. [1] One year after winning his second straight Cadet World Championship (U17), Amouzad claimed a bronze medal from the senior level 2020 Individual World Cup. [2] [3] In 2021, he became the Junior World Champion. [4] In 2022, he won a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships. [5]

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Major results

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
Representing Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
2020 Individual World Cup Bucharest, Romania3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2022 World Wrestling Championships Belgrade, Serbia1st Freestyle 65 kg

Career

2018–2019

After winning the Cadet Iranian National championship at 45 kilograms, [6] Amouzad claimed the Asian Continental and the World Championships in 2018. [7] [8] After defending titles from the Iranian Nationals and the Asian Championships now at 48 kilos, Amouzad competed at the World Championships, where he notably defeated Steven Poulin from the United States in the semifinals, and went viral when Poulin refused to shake Amouzad's hand seconds before being thrown for four points, Amouzad winning with a clean 12–0 score. [9] [10] After winning the World title, United World Wrestling named Amouzad the Cadet Freestyle Wrestler of the year. [11]

2020–2021

A two-time U17 World Champion, Amouzad joined the Islamic Azad University team at the age of 18, and made his senior level debut at 61 kilos in October 2020 competing in the Iranian Premier League, winning by technical fall over Ehsan Ranjbar and '16 University World Champion Younes Sarmasti. [12] As a Cadet World Champion, Amouzad qualified for the Iranian World Team Trials, which were held on 5 November, [13] where he went 1–2 at 57 kg, losing to Reza Atri, winning over Nader Hajaghania and losing to Alireza Sarlak. [14] Mohammad Ibrahim Emami, the spokesman of the Iranian Wrestling Federation, blamed both of Amouzad's losses to referee's mistakes, stating he should have won both matches. [15] Amouzad then competed in the returning round of the Iranian Premier League on 6 December, beating Reza Khalaghi and Erfan Jafarian. [16] On 16 December, Amouzad competed at the Individual World Cup, claiming the bronze medal after defeating high level opponents, only losing to two-time and reigning World Champion Zaur Uguev. [3]

On 9 March 2021, Amouzad competed against '19 Asian Continental champion Reza Atri for the Iranian Olympic Team spot, losing in a close bout on points. [17] On 20 May, Amouzad claimed the Takhi Cup at 61 kilograms. [18]

On August, Amouzad returned to the age-group, now in the junior level, becoming the 2021 Junior World Champion at 61 kilograms. [4] [19]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
2021 World Championships 11th at 61 kg
Loss14–5 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Hasegawa 5–92 October 2021 2021 World Championships Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway
Win14–4 Flag of Hungary.svg Gamzatgadzsi Halidov5–0
2021 Takhi Cup Gold medal icon.svg at 61 kg
Win13–4 Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Ramezanpour3–120 May 20212021 Takhi Cup

Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran

Win12–4 Flag of Iran.svg Dariush GholizadehTF 11–0
Win11–4 Flag of Iran.svg Peyman Nemati3–1
Win10–4 Flag of Iran.svg Amir Hossein Khodabakhshi6–1
2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials Silver medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Loss9–4 Flag of Iran.svg Reza Atri 4–69 March 20212021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials

Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran

2020 Individual World Cup Bronze medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Win9–3 Flag of Belarus.svg Uladzislau Andreyeu4–016 December 2020 2020 Individual World Cup

Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade, Serbia

Loss8–3 Flag of Russia.svg Zaur Uguev Fall
Win8–2 Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Diamantino Iuna Fafé Fall
Win7–2 Flag of Italy.svg Givi DavidoviTF 11–0
Win6–2 Flag of Turkey.svg Saban KiziltasTF 10–0
2020 Iranian Premier League Silver medal icon.svg for IAU at 57 kg
Win5–2 Flag of Iran.svg Erfan Jafarian11–26 December 2020 2020 Iranian Premier League

Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran

Win4–2 Flag of Iran.svg Reza KhalaghiTF 10–0
2020 IRI World Team Trials Bronze medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Loss3–2 Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Sarlak8–105 November 20202020 Iranian World Team Trials

Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran

Win3–1 Flag of Iran.svg Nader HajaghaniaFF
Loss2–1 Flag of Iran.svg Reza Atri 4–4
2020 Iranian Premier League Silver medal icon.svg for IAU at 61 kg
Win2–0 Flag of Iran.svg Younes Sarmasti TF 10–02 October 2020 2020 Iranian Premier League

Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran

Win1–0 Flag of Iran.svg Ehsan RanjbarTF 12–2

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