Pouya Rahmani

Pouya Rahmani (Persian: پویا رحمانی, born July 27, 1992 in Amol) is an Iranian wrestler who competes in Beach wrestling field.

Pouya Rahmani
Personal information
Full namePouya Rahmani
Nickname(s)Iranian Eagle
Nationality Iran
Born (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992
Amol، Mazandaran، Iran
OccupationWrestler
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight125 Kg (275 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportFreestyle Wrestling - Beach Wrestling
Coached byMohsen Kaveh
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingGold medal at World Beach Games 2019, Doha

Pouya Rahmani is the first gold medalist in Iran's sport history at the World Beach Games, won a gold medal at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha.[1][2][3][4] In less than four hours, he defeated six opponents, who led the admiration of Nenad Lalović, chairman of the United World Wrestling.[5]

Major Achievement

World Beach Games

  • 2017: Dalyan, Turkey

Pouya Rahmani defeated his opponent at final +90 kg and earned gold medal.[6][7]

World Beach Wrestling Championships

At the 90+ Kg competition of the beach wrestling, in Group A, Rahmani was able to pass over Ufuk Yilmaz of Turkey 3-0. In next battle, he defeated Jose Albino of Brazil 4-0. In the third fight, he defeated Diante Cooper of US 3-0 and then Ionnis Kargiotakis of Greece 3-1 and as first one advanced to semi-final.

Rahmani at the semi final, passed over of Oyan Nazariani of Armenia 3-0 and went to final. At the final stage, again, he defeated Yilmaz of Turkey 3-0 and brought the first gold medal in the Iranian convoy.[8]

References

  1. "Iran's Rahmani wins gold at beach wrestling". Tehran Times. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  2. 张涵. "In pics: men's beach wrestling over 90kg at 1st ANOC World Beach Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. "Freestyle wrestling - Pouya Rahmani (Iran)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. "News - Olympic Council of Asia". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. "خبرگزاری فارس - بازیهای جهانی ساحلی| کشتی های رحمانی تحسین لالوویچ را برانگیخت". خبرگزاری فارس. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. "ایران قهرمان پیکارهای کشتی ساحلی جهان شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  7. "کشتی ساحلی 2017 جهان - ایران به مقام قهرمانی دست یافت". پایگاه خبری اخبار کشتی ایران. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  8. "Blessing Joy for Nigeria as claim first gold medal at ANOC World Beach Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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