Alireza Yousefi
 Yousefi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 2003 Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 198 kg (437 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +109 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alireza Yousefi (Persian: علیرضا یوسفی, born 27 August 2003) is an Iranian weightlifter, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 2019 he competed at the 2019 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in the over 109 kg category setting 6 youth world records.[6]
He is the world youth weightlifting champion in 2022 and also holds the record for the world super-heavyweight Clean & Jerk in the youth category.[7][8]
In 2024, he won the overall bronze medal at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, as well as the gold medal in the clean & jerk.
Major results
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
+109 kg | 173 | 178 | 183 | 7 | 230 | 238 | 5 | 421 | 7 | |
| 2024 |  Manama, Bahrain
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+109 kg | 184 | 194 | 5 | 248 | 258 | 262 | 
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456 | 
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| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2023 |  Jinju, South Korea |
+109 kg | 176 | 184 | 190 | 4 | 236 | 246 JWR |  |
436 | 4 | |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Konya, Turkey |
+109 kg | 171 | 176 | 181 | |
230 | |
411 |
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| Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Suva, Fiji |
+109 kg | 156 | 163 | 171 | 4 | 212 | 225 | |
396 |
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| 2022 |  Heraklion, Greece |
+109 kg | 166 | 171 | 177 | |
215 | 239 | |
416 |
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| 2023 |  Guadalajara, Mexico |
+109 kg | 173 | 180 | -- | |
225 | 240 | |
420 |
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| Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
+85 kg | 150 | 156 | 162 | 3 | 202 | 211 | 218 | 1 | 380 |
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| Asian Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Urgench, Uzbekistan |
+94 kg | 136 | 141 | 144 | |
176 | 186 | |
330 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Iran's Yousefi wins weightlifting gold by great comeback". 2018-10-14. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Yousefi Alireza (IRI) – last youth Olympic champion in Buenos Aires". iwf.net. 2018-10-14.
- ^ "Iranian weightlifter snatches gold medal in Buenos Aires". IRNA. 2018-10-14.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Khamhaeng dominates and Yousefi seals stunning weightlifting win". olympic.org. 2019-02-06.
- ^ "2019 IWF Junior World Championships – Results Book" (PDF).
- ^ "زندگینامه: علیرضا یوسفی (۱۳۸۲-)". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "خط و نشان بچهغول ایرانی برای قوی ترین مرد جهان | اذیتش خواهم کرد!". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Weightlifting - Alireza Yousefi". TheSports.org.
- ^ "Yousefi Alireza". iwrp.net.
External links
[edit]- Alireza Yousefi at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Alireza Yousefi at the International Weightlifting Results Project
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 Bronze medalists | |
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- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Iran
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
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