Amir Ali Azarpira
{{short description|Iranian freestyle wrestler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Amir Ali Azarpira
| full_name =
| native_name = {{lang|fa|امیرعلی آذرپیرا}}
| image= Amir Ali Azarpira at the 2024 Summer Olympics (cropped).jpg
| caption = Azarpira in 2024
| nationality = Iranian
| sport = Freestyle wrestling
| weight_class = 97 kg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|26}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/amirali-azarpira_1543095 |title=AZARPIRA Amirali |work=Paris 2024 Olympics}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.90 m
| weight = 97 kg
| show-medals =
| coach = Hamid Azarpira
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's freestyle wrestling }}
{{Medal|Country| {{IRI}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2024 Paris | 97 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Coralville|Team}}
{{Medal|Competition|Grand Prix}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Zagreb|97 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Zagreb|97 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| World U23 Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Belgrade|97 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Pontevedra | 97 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Junior Championship }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Sofia | 97 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Asian Junior Championship }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Manama| 97 kg }}
}}
Amir Ali Azarpira ({{langx|fa|امیرعلی آذرپیرا}}; born March 26, 2002) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=5AC58EB325F149219F9331C897A58F08|title=Profile|website=International Wrestling Database|access-date=10 November 2021|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110030638/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=5AC58EB325F149219F9331C897A58F08|url-status=dead}}
He won gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia{{cite web|url=https://uww.org/event/world-championships-57|title=World Championships | United World Wrestling|website=uww.org|access-date=2021-09-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/466802|title=Iran freestyle team 2nd in 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships|website=tehran times|date=8 November 2021|accessdate=10 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/84533145 | title=تیم ملی کشتی آزاد امید ایران نائبقهرمان جهان شد |date=2021-11-07 |publisher= Islamic Republic News Agency}}{{cite web|url=https://ifpnews.com/iran-u-23-freestyle-team-ranks-2nd-at-world-wrestling-championship?fr=operanews|title=Iran U-23 freestyle team ranks 2nd at World Wrestling Championship|website=ifpnews.com|date=8 November 2021|accessdate=11 November 2021}} and a member of the Iranian national team.
and the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 U20 Asian Wrestling Championships.
He also won one of the Bronze medals in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[https://en.mehrnews.com/amp/219345/]
Professional wrestling career
Amir ali Azarpira became familiar with wrestling at the age of 9 through his father, Hamid Azarpira.
= The 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships =
In the 97 kg event, Amir ali Azarpira defeated Vasil Poliuchanka from Belarus with a score of 5–0 in the first round. In the next round, in the quarterfinals, he defeated Zuriko Ortashvili from Georgia with a score of 5-3 and advanced to the semifinals. Azarpira won against Jonathan AIELLO from the United States with a score of 9–0 in this stage and made it to the final. In the final match, he defeated Rado Lifter, the silver medalist of the U23 European Wrestling Championships from Moldova, with a score of 7-3 and won the gold medal.{{Cite web |title=The Iranian freestyle wrestling team, Omid Iran, became the runner-up in the world. |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5346332/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF}}
= The 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships =
In the 97 kg event, Amir ali Azarpira defeated Vasyl Sova from Ukraine with a score of 12–2 in the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals. In this round, he defeated Richard Vagh from Hungary with a score of 10-0 and made it to the semifinals. Azarpira won against Ertugrul Agca from Germany with a score of 8–0 in this match and made it to the final. In the final match, he defeated Tanner Sloan from the United States with a score of 5-3 and won the gold medal.{{Cite web |title=Two medals won by freestyle wrestlers in the first five weight categories / Azarpira won the first gold medal. |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/84920297/%DB%B2-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86}}
= The [[2022 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle]] =
In 2022, Amir ali Azarpira was the only national wrestler in the 97 kg event to participate in this international tournament and was able to demonstrate an outstanding performance. He defeated the Japanese team with a score of 13-2 and defeated Batyrbek Tsakulov, the world's runner-up in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, with a score of 10–0 in the team of World Wrestling Stars, which was formed by the United World Wrestling from the world's best wrestlers. With these excellent results, he was exempted from participating in the 1401 Iranian championship, which is the first qualifying stage for the world and Asian championships, along with Ali Savadkuhi. He is also among the national wrestlers selected to participate in the Zagreb Ranking Tournament in Croatia, which will be held from February 12 to 16, 2023.
He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Iran for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_asian_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422185521/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_asian_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}
References
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External links
- {{UWW|azarpira-amirali-hamid|Amirali Hamid Azarpira}}
- {{IWD|name=Amirali Hamid Azarpira}}
- {{Olympics.com|name=Amirali Azarpira}}
- {{Instagram|name=Amirali Azarpira}}
{{Olympic medalists for Iran}}
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Category:Sport wrestlers from Tehran
Category:Iranian male sport wrestlers
Category:21st-century Iranian sportsmen
Category:Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Iran
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics