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Behdad Salimi
Salimi at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Full name
Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi
Nickname
"Iranian Hercules"
Nationality
Iranian
Born
(1989-12-08) 8 December 1989 (age 34) Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Education
Physical Education[1]
Alma mater
Qaemshahr University
Height
1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1][2][3]
Sport
Country
Iran
Sport
Weightlifting
Event
+105 kg
Club
Zob Ahan Melli Haffari[2]
Coached by
Ghasem Ghazalian Kourosh Bagheri Mohammad Hossein Barkhah[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Snatch: 216 kg (2016)
Clean and jerk: 255 kg (2014, AGR)
Total: 465 kg (2014, AGR)
Medal record
Representing Iran
Olympic Games
2012 London
+105 kg
World Championships
2010 Antalya
+105 kg
2011 Paris
+105 kg
2014 Almaty
+105 kg
2017 Anaheim
+105 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
+105 kg
2014 Incheon
+105 kg
2018 Jakarta
+105 kg
Asian Championships
2009 Taldykorgan
+105 kg
2011 Tongling
+105 kg
2012 Pyeongtaek
+105 kg
Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی كردآسیابی, born 8 December 1989) is former Iranian heavyweight weightlifter. He won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, 2010–2018 Asian Games, 2010 and 2011 World Championships and 2009–2012 Asian Championships. He served as the flag bearer for Iran at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games.[1][4][5][6]
^ abcdBEHDAD SALIMIKORDASIABI Archived 30 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. asiangames2018.id
^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Behdad Salimi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^Behdad Salimi. London2012.com. Retrieved on 30 August 2018.
^"Behdad Salimikordasiabi". IWF.net. IWF. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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^Jury Panel Lets Iran’s Salimi Down in Men's 105+kg. Kayhan.ir (17 August 2016). Retrieved on 2018-08-30.
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