Reza Yazdani

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| fullname = Reza Yazdani Cherati

| nickname = The Leopard of Juybar

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| ethnicity = Mazandarani

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|08|25}}

| birth_place = Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran

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| sport = Wrestling

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| height = 172 cm

| weight = 97 kg

| website = [https://www.instagram.com/reza.yazdanii/ Official Instagram Profile]

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Reza Yazdani ({{langx|fa| رضا یزدانی}}, born August 25, 1984, in Juybar, Iran), nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two-time world champion who won gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestling Championships in the 96 kg division. He also won the gold medal in 2006 Asian Games in the 84 kg division and the gold medal in 2010 Asian Games in the 96 kg division, as well as the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games in 97 kg division. He competed in the London 2012 Olympics and also defeated Abdusalam Gadisov but was injured in the semi-final versus his Ukrainian competitor, Valeriy Andriytsev. Yazdani came back from injury for the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, where he won the gold medal in the 96 kg division by defeating khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan in the finals by a score of 4–2.

As of May 2022, Yazdani was appointed as the head coach of the Turkmenistan National Freestyle team.[https://turkmenportal.com/blog/61838/dvukratnyi-chempion-mira-reza-yazdani-vozglavil-sbornuyu-turkmenistana-po-volnoi-borbe Двукратный чемпион мира Реза Яздани возглавил сборную Туркменистана по вольной борьбе]

References

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{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/wrestling/Turkish-wrestler-suspended-after-positive-test/articleshow/44835451.cms |title=Turkish wrestler suspended after positive test |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2014-10-16 |access-date=2016-03-30}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/405037/Iran-s-wrestler-Reza-Yazdani-confirmed-for-Olympics |title=Iran's wrestler Reza Yazdani confirmed for Olympics |access-date=September 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915172857/http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/405037/Iran-s-wrestler-Reza-Yazdani-confirmed-for-Olympics |archive-date=September 15, 2016 }}

{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/|title=Reza Mohammad Ali YAZDANI|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807184747/https://www.olympic.org/|archive-date=2016-08-07}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/501308/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9|title=Reza Yazdani won against Jake Warner}}

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External links

[http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/Sports/CO/IGCOParticipantInfo.aspx-Register=5812895.html Profile (2006 Asian Games Website)]
[http://www.foeldeak.com/wrestlingdatabase.php?language=en J. Foeldeak GmbH - Sports Mats, Wrestling Mats, Judo Mats, Grappling Mats]
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Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:Iranian male sport wrestlers

Category:Olympic wrestlers for Iran

Category:Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Iran

Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling

Category:Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games

Category:Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games

Category:Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games