Saeid Alihosseini

Saeed Alihosseini

Alihosseini at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native name	سعید علی‌حسینی
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1988-02-02) 2 February 1988 Ardabil, Iran
Education	Ph.D. in sports physiology
Alma mater	University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	166.50 kg (367 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	+109 kg
Coached by	Aziz Alihosseini
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 208 kg (2018) Clean and jerk: 251 kg (2017) Total: 456 kg (2018)
Medal record Representing Iran World Championships 2017 Anaheim +105 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta +105 kg

2018 Asian Games podium, Left-right: Alihosseini, Salimi, Djangabaev

Saeid Alihosseini (Persian: سعيد علی حسينی, born 2 February 1988) is a former Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter. He failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009; the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years; in 2011, the ban was reduced to eight years.

Weightlifting career

Doping ban

Saeid had failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009; the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years. In 2011, after it was discovered that his coach (who had been banned himself) was doping his athletes without their knowledge, the ban was reduced to eight years.

World Championships

In 2017 he was eligible to return to international competition, and competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He won bronze medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, and after his teammate Behdad Salimi had his final clean and jerk overturned by the jury Saeid won the silver medal.

In 2018 Saeid was originally going to compete at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, but an injury forced him to withdraw from the competition.

Retirement

In November 2019, Alihosseini announced his retirement from the sport after losing hope of competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Major Results

Major results:

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	+105 kg	203	203	203		236	243	251		454
Asian Games
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	+105 kg	201	201	208	1	240	248	254	3	456
Asian Championships
2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	+105 kg	171			5	--			--	--	--
2019	Ningbo, China	+109 kg	170	180	189	9	201	220	233	6	390	8
World Junior Championships
2006	Hangzhou, China	+105 kg			181				215		396
Asian Junior Championships
2008	Jeonju, South Korea	+105 kg			206 JWR				245 JWR		451 JWR
Asian Interclub Championship
2008	Goyang, South Korea	+105 kg			200				242		442