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Iran marks anniversary of legendary wrestler Gholamreza Takhti’s passing

siavash — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:08:40 +0000

Iran marks anniversary of legendary wrestler Gholamreza Takhti’s passing

TEHRAN (Iran News) Takhti was born in Tehran on September 5, 1930, and passed away on January 7, 1968. The anniversary of his passing has been designated as a day to honor his name and legacy.

The ceremony will be attended by veteran athletes, sports figures, young wrestlers, families, and admirers of Iran’s traditional culture of chivalry.

Takhti is remembered not only for his remarkable sporting achievements, but also for his humility, compassion, and lifelong support for the underprivileged, qualities that made him a lasting role model for generations.

Organizers say the ceremony aims to promote ethics, responsibility, and human dignity in sports and society.

Takhti won Iran’s first Olympic gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Games, along with Imam Ali Habibi, and earned one Olympic gold and two silver medals, as well as multiple world and Asian titles. “wrestler ”

He died under suspicious circumstances at the height of his popularity, and questions surrounding his death remain unresolved decades later. His name and path, however, continue to live on in the hearts of the Iranian people.

Gholamreza Takhti won 1 gold and 2 silver medals at the Olympic Games as well as 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the World Championships, the official website of the United World Wrestling reports.

Owing to his good sportsmanship, he has been considered as one of the most beloved athletes of Iran and dubbed ‘Jahan Pahlavan’ which means ‘world champion’ in Persian language.

Organizers say the ceremony aims to promote ethics, responsibility, and human dignity in sports and society.

Gholamreza Takhti won 1 gold and 2 silver medals at the Olympic Games as well as 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the World Championships, the official website of the United World Wrestling reports.

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Iran Greco-Roman team come 4th at World Championships

reporter 1222 — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:15:20 +0000

Iran won three bronze medal in the competition. Saeid Abdvali bagged a bronze medal in the 82kg weight class in the first day.

Alireza Nejati and Mohammad Ali Geraei also won two bronze medals in the 60kg and 77kg respectively.

In the team standings, Russia was unable to match its six golds from Budapest 2018, but still comfortably topped the standings with 132 points after capturing two golds and three silvers.

Uzbekistan, with a silver, two bronzes and two fifth places, finished second at 90.

Georgia, which had two champions and a bronze medalist, was third with 79, just edging Iran with 75.

Iran national team coach Aziz Naghousi said he was neither happy nor sad at missing out on the top three, noting it was quite an improvement from the 11th-place finish in Budapest. He also pointed out that nine of the team members were competing at their first world championships, and six of them are under 23.

“Our coach said finishing third would be good, but I think fourth is better,” Naghousi said. “We must work harder and harder.”

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Iranian freestyle wrestlers gain 7 medals at Italy’s Matteo Pellicone Memorial

reporter 1222 — Sun, 26 May 2019 09:31:19 +0000

Iran’s gold medals were snatched by Ahmad Yousef Bazrighaleh in 86kg, Alireza Karimi in 92kg, and Hamed Talebi Zarrinkamar in 97kg.

Also, in 61kg category, Mohammadbagher Yakhkeshi gained a gold medal but was then disqualified for what was announced as “failure to cooperate with United World Wrestling’s medal ceremony procedures,” as reported by UWW website. “According to United World Wrestling’s rule book, wrestlers have to wear their countries tracksuit on the podium to receive their medal. Yakhkeshi, who was wearing short sleeves, was asked several times to comply with the rules but failed to do so, among many other things, which resulted in disqualification.”

Abbas Foroutan gained a silver in 97kg while Nader Hajiaghania in 57kg, Yones Emami in 70kg, and Arashk Mohebi in 92kg earned bronze medals.

As far as team ranking is concerned, Iran stood third in the table with 111 points after Kazakhstan and Russia with 162 and 147 points respectively.

Matteo Pellicone Memorial, a world ranking series, was held in the Italian city of Sassari on May 23-25 in three disciplines of freestyle, Greco-Roman, and women’s wrestling.

Here are full results of freestyle competitions:

TEAM SCORES

GOLD – Kazakhstan (162 points)

SILVER – Russia (147 points)

BRONZE – Iran (111 points)

Fourth – India (90 points)

Fifth – Canada (73 points)

57kg

GOLD – Azamat TUSKAEV (RUS) df. Darthe CAPELLAN (CAN), via fall

BRONZE – Nader Ahmad HAJIAGHANIASAMAKOUSHI (IRI) df. Changjun PARK (KOR), 6 – 0

BRONZE – Givi DAVIDOVI (ITA) df. Patrick James HEBREARD (USA), 10-0

61kg

GOLD – Rassul KALIYEV (KAZ)

SILVER – Uladzislau ANDREYEU (BLR)

BRONZE – Rahul AWARE (IND)

65kg

GOLD – Sonba Tanaji GONGANE (IND) df. Magomedrasul IDRISOV (RUS), 9-8

BRONZE – Sayatbek OKASSOV (KAZ) df. Harphool HARPHOOL (IND), 14-3

BRONZE – Junsik YUN (KOR) df. Quentin Jean-René STICKER (FRA), 5-0

70kg

GOLD – Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ) df. George KOLIEV (BLR), 6-0

BRONZE – Yones Aliakbar EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI) df. Mihail Iliev GEORGIEV (BUL), 10-0

BRONZE – Batyr BORJAKOV (TKM) df. Fares LAKEL (ALG), 9-4

74kg

GOLD – Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) df. Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ), 6-4

BRONZE – Miroslav Stefanov KIROV (BUL) df. Amit Kumar DHANKHAR (IND), 11-0

BRONZE – Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) df. Andrei KARPACH (BLR), 12-6

79kg

GOLD – Khalil AMINOV (RUS) df. Galymzhan USSERBAYEV (KAZ), 6-2

BRONZE – Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG) df. Parveen RANA (IND), via fall

BRONZE – Dmytrii TKACHENKO (UKR) df. Sahergeldi SAPARMYRADOV (TKM), via fall

86kg

GOLD – Ahmad Yousef BAZRIGHALEH (IRI) vs. Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ), 19-10

BRONZE – Akhmed AIBUEV (FRA) df. Dovletmyrat ORAZGYLYJOV (TKM), 14 – 4

BRONZE – Deepak PUNIA (IND) df. Boris MAKOEV (SVK)

92kg (Single Bronze)

GOLD – Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) df. Batyrbek TCAKULOV (RUS), 8-4

BRONZE – Arashk Mohammadkazem MOHEBI (IRI) vs. Nurgali NURGAIPULY (KAZ), 7-3

97kg

GOLD – Hamed Delavar TALEBIZARRINKAMAR (IRI) df. Abbas Ali FOROUTANRAMI (IRI), 8-0

BRONZE – Abraham de Jesus CONYEDO RUANO (ITA) df. Bakdaulet ALMENTAY (KAZ), 2 – 0

BRONZE – Igor Alekseevitch OVSIANNIKOV (RUS) df. Batzul ULZIISAIKHAN (MGL)

125kg

GOLD – Pavel KRIVTSOV (RUS) df. Daniel LIGETI (HUN), 7-4

BRONZE – Oleg BOLTIN (KAZ) df. Grant Michael ROBINSON (USA), 12-0

BRONZE – Frédérick CHOQUETTE (CAN) df. Aly BARGHOUT (CAN), 3-0

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Iranian GR wrestlers gain 2 medals at Hungarian Grand Prix 2019

reporter 1222 — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 07:11:33 +0000

Iranian Greco Roman wrestlers managed to gain one silver and one bronze medal on the first day of Hungarian Grand Prix 2019 on Saturday.

Reza Khedri won the silver medal of 55kg category by winning three encounters and losing one during the five-round games. Since there were just five participants in this category, the matches were held in five rounds and wrestlers finally ranked by their aggregated points.

Khedri overpowered Algeria’s Abdelkarim Fergat 8-0 and Hungary’s Jozsef Andrasi 12-8, before suffering a 6-4 defeat to the gold-winner Ilkhom Bakhromov of Uzbekistan. The Iranian wrestler gained a 5-1 victory over Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Mirakhmedov in the final round. Mirakhmedov earned the bronze medal of this category.

In 63kg category, Meysam Delkhani defeated Norway’s Stig-Andre Berge 5-2 in one of the bronze contests and pocketed the medal. Japan’s Shinobu Ota won Erbatu Tuo of China 6-0 in the final match of this category.

The 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix is a world ranking series which kicked off Saturday in Gyor and will end today. Iran has five other representatives in the five remaining categories who will compete with their rivals today.

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Iranian wrestler wins gold at Russia’s Dmitry Korkin Tournament

reporter 1222 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 10:15:03 +0000

Iranian freestyle wrestler Ahmad Bazri managed to defeat all his rivals and snatch the gold medal of Dmitry Korkin International Tournament in Russia.

In 86kg category, Bazri defeated 2018 Asian Games’ bronze winner Orgodolyn Üitümen from Mongolia 8-2 in the first contest. He then win Finish wrestler with technical fall to reach the final bout. In a thrilling encounter, Bazri overpowred Russia’s Arsen-Ali Musalaliev, world junior champion, 4-3 and win the gold medal of the event.

The Mongolian wrestler and Russia’s Soslan Ketsoev claimed the bronze medals of this category.

The 11th edition of the International Freestyle Wrestling Grand Prix Tournament Dmitry Korkin kicked off on September 5 in Yakutsk city of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, and it wraps up today.

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Two Iranian wrestlers reach final in Croatia world c’ships

reporter 1222 — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:00:45 +0000

Two Iranian cadets have reached the final matches in 2018 Cadet World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

“Mohammad Reza Ghiassi” and “Amir Hossein Zare” at 80 and 110 kilograms categories, respectively, reached final matches, which are going to be held later today.

Ghiassi will take on a wrestler from Russia to grab the gold medal. He had advanced to the final match after defeating wrestlers from Mongolia and the United States.

Meanwhile, Zare, who won against opponents from China, Bulgaria, and Azerbaijan to reach the final, will compete against Daniel “Greg” Kerkvliet from the USA in the final match.

Other Iranian cadets Mohammad Karimi and Mehdi Veisi, who have failed to reach the final, will compete for a place in today’s matches.

The tournament kicks off with men’s freestyle July 2-4, followed by women’s freestyle July 4-6 with Greco-Roman closing out the event on July 6-8. Each weight in each style will be contested over two days.

The competitions kicks off with men’s freestyle July 2-4, followed by women’s freestyle July 4-6 with Greco-Roman closing out the event on July 6-8. Each weight in each style will be contested over for two days, according to www.teamusa.org.

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Iranian freestyle wrestler takes over No. 1 in world rankings

reporter 1222 — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:50:52 +0000

According to the the website of United World Wrestling (UWW), Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani Charati has taken over top ranking in the 2018 world freestyle wrestling.

According to the UWW’s report on Thursday “Olympic champion Hassan Yazdani Charati (IRI), fresh off winning a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Bishkek, takes over the No.1 ranking at 86kg in freestyle.”

The same report went on to say “Mongolia has four No.1-ranked wrestlers in freestyle, which is more than any other nation.”

Other top-ranked wrestlers in freestyle include “Abbos Abbos Rakhmonov (UZB) at 61kg, Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) at 65kg, Ogbonna John (NGR) at 70kg, Rashid Kurbanov (UZB) at 79kg and Magomed Ibragimov (UZB),” the UWW’s report added.

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Russia invites Iranian wrestlers to Ivan Poddubny Cup

reporter 1222 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:00:26 +0000

TEHRAN – The Russian Wrestling Federation, in an official letter, has invited Iran’s national Greco-Roman squad to take part at an international tournament dubbed ‘Ivan Poddubny’.

The sportive event, which marks the most reputable annual Greco-Roman wrestling tournament in Russia, will kick off on January 18 in Krasnodar and will conclude three days afterwards on January 21, 2018.

The international tournament is held annually in honor of Ivan Maximovich Poddubny, a professional wrestler from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Called the ‘Champion of Champions’, wrestler Ivan Poddubny first won the title of World Champion in French Wrestling (now called Greco-Roman) in 1905 at the age of 34 and held onto it for more than three decades. He only left the wrestling mat when he was in his 80s. Although he lost occasional matches, he never lost one tournament.

Also in January, Iranian city of Mahshahr will play host to Takhti Cup. Accordingly, The International Senior Free style, Greco-Roman and Pahlavani wrestling Tournament (Takhti Cup) will be held on January 25-26 in Bandar-e Mahshahr in Khuzestan Province.

The tournament is an important annual wrestling event in Iran, held in the memory of the late legendry Iranian wrestler Gholamreza Takhti.

Takhti, the most famous wrestler in the Iranian history, claimed the gold medal in Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games and won two silver medals in 1952 Helsinki and 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He passed away on January 7, 1968.

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Ahvaz to host Greco-Roman World Cup next year

reporter 1222 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:30:04 +0000

The Islamic Republic of Iran will host the 2018 Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup next year, which serves as an international wrestling tournament among member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW).

The prestigious event will kick off on April 27, and finish the next day in the multi-purpose Sports Hall of Shahid Chamran University in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, located 834 kilometers southwest of the capital Tehran.

The tournament will bring together athletes from Iran as well as Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey.

The 2017 Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup was held in Abadan, Iran at the Kowsar Sport Complex between March 16 and March 17.

Russia won the tournament after a three years absence of titles on the World Cups.

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Iranian wrestlers bag 3 bronze medals at AIMAG

reporter 1222 — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 11:45:38 +0000

TEHRAN– Esmaeil Amiri (68kg), Ghasem Dazi (75kg), and Habibollah Torabi (82kg) won bronze medals at traditional wrestling category of 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Habibollah Torabi who won his first game in the weight category of -82 kilogram, lost his semi-final event against a Turkman opponent to jointly bag the bronze medal in the category of traditional wrestling at 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

The same destiny plagued the other Iranian wrestler Ghasem Dazi who overwhelmed his Uzbek rival 4-0 before conceding in the semi-final stage before another wrestler of the hosts, 4-0.

Esmaeil Amiri of the 68 kilogram class, the same way was defeated by a Turkmen rival at the semi-final stage to garner the third bronze medal of the field for Iran. A stage earlier he had defeated hi Uzbek rival 2-0.

The Iranian squad of traditional wrestlers is made up of Ghasem Norouzi (57kg), Hamid Bahrami (62kg), Esmaeil Amiri (68kg), Ghasem Dazi (75kg), Habib Torabi (82kg), Davoud Evazzadeh (90kg), Abdollah Iri (100kg) as well as Abdolvahed Mohammadi (+100kg).

Since September 16, the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is underway in Turkmenistan‘s capital city of Ashgabat. The tournament is scheduled to wrap up on September 27.

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