Amin Taheri

{{short description|Iranian freestyle wrestler (born 1995)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|06|26}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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| website = {{url|https://instagram.com/Amin_thr}}

| country = Iran

| sport = Freestyle wrestling

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| coach = Alireza Rezaei

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Bishkek|125 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Almaty |125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|U23 World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Bydgoszcz|125 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Bucharest|125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix of Spain}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Madrid|125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Juniors Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Croatia|125 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Brazil|125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Juniors Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 New Delhi|125 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Mongolia|125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Takhti cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tehran|125 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Tehran|125 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Tehran|125 kg}}

}}Amin Taheri ({{langx|fa|امین طاهری}}, born 26 June 1995) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won his first world title in Zagreb at the Junior Wrestling World Championships, where he won a bronze medal in 120 kg.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/iran-bags-two-gold-freestyle-team-title-junior-wrestling-worlds|title=Iran Bags Two Gold for Freestyle Team Title at Junior Wrestling Worlds|website=United World Wrestling}} In the same year he won gold in Asian Junior Wrestling Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/iran-takes-11-mens-events-mongolia-wins-womens-title-asian-junior-championships|title=Iran Takes 11 Men's Events, Mongolia Wins Women's Title at Asian Junior Championships|website=United World Wrestling}} Next year, 2015, he was able to score a silver medal in the same category at Junior world championships in Brazil.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/iran-takes-junior-world-freestyle-title-despite-azerbaijans-triple-gold|title=Iran Takes Junior World Freestyle Title Despite Azerbaijan's Triple Gold|website=United World Wrestling}} In 2017 and 2018, He was able to win two consecutive bronze medals in Under 23 world championships.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/petriashvili-looks-second-world-title-2017|title=Petriashvili Looks for Second World Title in 2017|website=United World Wrestling}}{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/russia-wins-two-golds-sunday-claims-buchawrestu23-team-title|title=Russia Wins Two Golds on Sunday, Claims #BuchaWrestU23 Team Title|website=United World Wrestling}}

He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-03-05|title=Iran ranks 2nd in 2018 Asian Freestyle Championships|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/132612/Iran-ranks-2nd-in-2018-Asian-Freestyle-Championships|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203112159/https://en.mehrnews.com/news/132612/Iran-ranks-2nd-in-2018-Asian-Freestyle-Championships |archive-date=2022-02-03 |access-date=2020-11-09|website=Mehr News Agency|language=en}}{{cite web | title=پایان روز اول کشتی با نقره طاهری | website=ورزش سه | date=2018-03-04 | url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1509372پایان-روز-اول-کشتی-با-نقره-طاهری | language=fa | access-date=2021-01-07}} He was also a member of the Iranian team in 2019 Wrestling World Cup in which the team came in second.{{Cite web|title=Russia Wrestling World Cup: Iran beats Mongolia, to face US|url=https://iranpress.com/content/9558|access-date=2020-11-09|website=iranpress.com|language=en}}

He Has also attended Takhti international cup a few times, in which he has won two bronze medals in 2015 and 2019, and a silver in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/takhti-cup-results-and-photographs|title=Takhti Cup Results and Photographs|website=United World Wrestling}}{{cite web | title=ایران قهرمانی مسابقات کشتی آزاد جام تختی شد | website=ورزش سه | date=2019-02-08 | url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1590166ایران-قهرمانی-مسابقات-کشتی-آزاد-جام-تختی-شد | language=fa | access-date=2021-01-07}}ایران-قهرمانی-مسابقات-کشتی-آزاد-جام-تختی-شد{{Cite web|url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1029543/قهرمانان-۵-وزن-اول-کشتی-آزاد-جام-تختی|title=قهرمانان ۵ وزن اول کشتی آزاد جام تختی|date=January 9, 2020|website=مشرق نیوز}}