Komeil Ghasemi

{{Short description|Iranian wrestler (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Komeil Ghasemi

| image = 2016 Summer Olympics, Men's Freestyle Wrestling 125 kg final 11.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Ghasemi at the 2016 Summer Olympics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran

| full_name = Komeil Ghasemi

| nationality =

| national_team = {{IRI}}

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| native_name = کمیل قاسمی

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 120 kg

| website = [https://instagram.com/komeil_ghasemi_official instagram]

| sport = Wrestling

| show-medals = yes

| coach = Rasoul Khadem

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry | {{IRI}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold| 2012 London | 120 kg}}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Tashkent|125 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2014 Astana |125 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Tashkent |120 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Doha |125 kg}}

}}

Komeil Ghasemi ({{langx|fa|کمیل قاسمی}}, born 27 February 1988){{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2 = Jeroen Heijmans|author3 = Bill Mallon|author4 = Hilary Evans|title = Komeil Ghasemi Biography and Olympic Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = August 2012|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/komeil-ghasemi-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112900/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/komeil-ghasemi-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|access-date = 3 November 2019}} is a retired Iranian wrestler who won a gold medal in the men's freestyle 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|last = Lloyd|first = Owen|date = 19 September 2022|title = Iranian wrestler Ghasemi finally receives London 2012 gold medal|publisher = Inside the Games|url = https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128240/komeil-ghasemi-receives-london-2012-gold|access-date = 26 September 2022}} Ghasemi was awarded his Olympic gold medal after the two wrestlers ahead of him failed drug tests.{{cite web|url = https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/ioc-determines-taymazov-fails-london-re-test|title = IOC Determines Taymazov Fails London Re-Test|date = 26 July 2019|publisher = United World Wrestling|access-date = 24 September 2019}} Ghasemi is the most successful Iranian heavyweight wrestler at the Olympic Games.

He also won a silver medal at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 120 kg freestyle discipline.{{cite web|title = ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - TASHKENT 2011|publisher = International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles|date = May 2011|url = http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2011/results_05_tashkent.pdf|access-date = 11 August 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012938/http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2011/results_05_tashkent.pdf|archive-date = 24 September 2015|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}} He was born in Juybar, in Iran's Mazandaran province but spent his childhood in Sari. He started wrestling seriously after moving back to Juybar.{{cite web |title=کمیل قاسمی: می‌خواستم بعد از طلای المپیک خداحافظی کنم |url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/644868/%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%85 |publisher=mashreghnews.ir |access-date=2 July 2020}}{{cite web|title = Komeil Ghasemi|work = Athletes|publisher = London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games|date = August 2012|url = http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ghasemi-komeil-1077384/|access-date = 11 August 2012|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20121208143806/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ghasemi-komeil-1077384/|archive-date = 8 December 2012}} Following his Olympic appearance, Ghasemi won the 120 kg weight class at the 2013 Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran, helping his nation take gold in the tournament.{{cite web|title = Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup|url = http://tehrantimes.com/sports/105852-iran-wins-freestyle-wrestling-world-cup|work=Tehran Times Volume. 11652 22 Feb 2013|access-date = 22 February 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130226060851/http://www.tehrantimes.com/sports/105852-iran-wins-freestyle-wrestling-world-cup|archive-date = 26 February 2013}} At the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships he won a gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle tournament,{{cite web|title = Asian Senior Championship - New Delhi (IND)|publisher = International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles|date = April 2014|url = http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2013/results_04_newdelhi.pdf|access-date = 23 April 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013007/http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2013/results_04_newdelhi.pdf|archive-date = 24 September 2015|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}} while at that year's World Championships he took silver in the same event.{{cite news|title = Iran's Komeil Ghasemi wins silver in World Wrestling Championships|newspaper = Tehran Times|date = 9 September 2014}} He took silver in the 125 kg freestyle event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, losing the final to Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan,{{cite web|title = Senior Asian Championship 2015 - Doha (QAT)|publisher = United World Wrestling|date = May 2015|url = https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_05_doha.pdf|access-date = 13 May 2015}} and the 2016 Summer Olympics, behind Taha Akgül of Turkey.{{cite web|url = https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/rio2016-wrestlingtaha-akgul-beats-komeil-ghasemi-for-125kg-wrestling-gold/2036911/|title = Taha Akgul Beats Komeil Ghasemi for 125kg Wrestling Gold|date = 20 August 2016|publisher = WNBC|access-date = 9 December 2021}} Ghasemi retired in 2019 after losing the Iranian trials for the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.{{cite web|last = Feiz|first = Ali|title = Three Yazdani's Win Iran Freestyle Team Trials, Ghasemi Retires|date = 1 July 2019|url = https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/three-yazdanis-win-iran-freestyle-team-trials-ghasemi-retires|access-date = 3 November 2019|publisher = United World Wrestling}}{{cite news |title=خداحافظی دراماتیک؛گریه سنگین وزن دلنازک |url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1620494/%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9-%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%A9 |access-date=23 August 2020 |work=Varzesh3 |language=fa}}{{cite web |title=دلیل خداحافظی کمیل قاسمی مشخص شد |url=https://www.rasadvarzeshi.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DB%8C-5/7921-%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF |publisher=rasadvarzeshi.com |access-date=6 October 2020 |language=fa}}{{cite web|url = https://www.olympic.org/komeil-ghasemi|title = Komeil GHASEMI - Olympic {{!}} Islamic Republic of Iran|year = 2021|publisher = International Olympic Committee|access-date = 12 April 2021}}