Ali Arsalan
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| Native name | علی ارسلان | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Farbod Arsalan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Ali Arsalan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1995 (age 29) Amol, Mazandaran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 72 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Hassan Hosseinzadeh Ghasem Rezaei Amir Hossein Hosseini Stoyan Stoyanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals |  (2022)  (2023) (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2017)
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Medal record
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Ali Arsalan (Persian: علی ارسلان, Serbian Cyrillic: Али Арсалан, born 8 May 1995) is an Iranian-born naturalized Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. This is the first medal for Serbia in the Greco-Roman style at the World Championship in Belgrade.[1] He represented Iran until December 2021.[2]
He won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3][4]
Career
[edit]He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 66 kg event at the 2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.[5] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 66 kg event at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[6][7]
He won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and the 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[8]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2014 | Asian Junior Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 1st | Greco-Roman 60 kg |
| 2015 | Asian Junior Championships | Naypyidaw, Myanmar | 1st | Greco-Roman 66 kg |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | New Delhi, India | 3rd | Greco-Roman 66 kg |
| World Cup | Abadan, Iran | 3rd | Greco-Roman 66 kg | |
| 2022 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Greco-Roman 72 kg |
| World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Greco-Roman 72 kg | |
| 2023 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 72 kg |
| 2024 | World Championships | Albania, Tirana | 3rd | Greco-Roman 72 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ Shefferd, Neil (11 September 2022). "Hosts Serbia take two golds on opening day of finals at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (25 April 2022). "Olympic karate champion Ganjzadeh criticises Iran's sporting policy on Israel". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (3 April 2022). "Turkish wrestlers earn Greco-Roman titles as European Championships conclude". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (10 May 2017). "Iran's Taherisartang wins third title at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "2017 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2018.
- ^ "2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Ali Arsalan at the International Wrestling Database
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Sportspeople from Amol
- Serbian male sport wrestlers
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Naturalized citizens of Serbia
- 21st-century Iranian sportsmen
- 21st-century Serbian people
- World Wrestling Champions