Rahman Amouzad

Rahman Amouzad Khalili (born 17 July 2002) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms.^[1] One year after winning his second straight Cadet World Championship (U17), Amouzad claimed a bronze medal from the senior level 2020 Individual World Cup.^[2][3] In 2021, he became the Junior World Champion.^[4] In 2022, he won a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships.^[5]

Rahman Amouzad

Personal information
Birth name	رحمان عموزاد خلیلی
Full name	Rahman Amouzad Khalili
Nationality	Iran
Born	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 20) Khalil Shahr, Behshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	65 kg
Event(s)	Freestyle
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Iran World Championships 2022 Belgrade 65 kg World Cup 2022 Coralville Team Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 57 kg Asian Championships 2022 Ulaanbaatar 65 kg World Junior Championships 2021 Ufa 61 kg World Cadets Championships 2018 Zagreb 45 kg 2019 Sofia 48 kg Asian Cadets Championships 2018 Tashkent 45 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 48 kg

Major results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
Representing   Iran
2020	Individual World Cup	Bucharest, Romania	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
2022	World Wrestling Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Freestyle 65 kg

Career

2018–2019

After winning the Cadet Iranian National championship at 45 kilograms,^[6] Amouzad claimed the Asian Continental and the World Championships in 2018.^[7][8] After defending titles from the Iranian Nationals and the Asian Championships now at 48 kilos, Amouzad competed at the World Championships, where he notably defeated Steven Poulin from the United States in the semifinals, and went viral when Poulin refused to shake Amouzad's hand seconds before being thrown for four points, Amouzad winning with a clean 12–0 score.^[9][10] After winning the World title, United World Wrestling named Amouzad the Cadet Freestyle Wrestler of the year.^[11]

2020–2021

A two-time U17 World Champion, Amouzad joined the Islamic Azad University team at the age of 18, and made his senior level debut at 61 kilos in October 2020 competing in the Iranian Premier League, winning by technical fall over Ehsan Ranjbar and '16 University World Champion Younes Sarmasti.^[12] As a Cadet World Champion, Amouzad qualified for the Iranian World Team Trials, which were held on 5 November,^[13] where he went 1–2 at 57 kg, losing to Reza Atri, winning over Nader Hajaghania and losing to Alireza Sarlak.^[14] Mohammad Ibrahim Emami, the spokesman of the Iranian Wrestling Federation, blamed both of Amouzad's losses to referee's mistakes, stating he should have won both matches.^[15] Amouzad then competed in the returning round of the Iranian Premier League on 6 December, beating Reza Khalaghi and Erfan Jafarian.^[16] On 16 December, Amouzad competed at the Individual World Cup, claiming the bronze medal after defeating high level opponents, only losing to two-time and reigning World Champion Zaur Uguev.^[3]

On 9 March 2021, Amouzad competed against '19 Asian Continental champion Reza Atri for the Iranian Olympic Team spot, losing in a close bout on points.^[17] On 20 May, Amouzad claimed the Takhi Cup at 61 kilograms.^[18]

On August, Amouzad returned to the age-group, now in the junior level, becoming the 2021 Junior World Champion at 61 kilograms.^[4][19]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2021 World Championships 11th at 61 kg
Loss	14–5	Toshihiro Hasegawa	5–9	2 October 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	14–4	Gamzatgadzsi Halidov	5–0
2021 Takhi Cup   at 61 kg
Win	13–4	Mohammad Ramezanpour	3–1	20 May 2021	2021 Takhi Cup	Tehran, Iran
Win	12–4	Dariush Gholizadeh	TF 11–0
Win	11–4	Peyman Nemati	3–1
Win	10–4	Amir Hossein Khodabakhshi	6–1
2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials   at 57 kg
Loss	9–4	Reza Atri	4–6	9 March 2021	2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials	Tehran, Iran
2020 Individual World Cup   at 57 kg
Win	9–3	Uladzislau Andreyeu	4–0	16 December 2020	2020 Individual World Cup	Belgrade, Serbia
Loss	8–3	Zaur Uguev	Fall
Win	8–2	Diamantino Iuna Fafé	Fall
Win	7–2	Givi Davidovi	TF 11–0
Win	6–2	Saban Kiziltas	TF 10–0
2020 Iranian Premier League   for IAU at 57 kg
Win	5–2	Erfan Jafarian	11–2	6 December 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran, Iran
Win	4–2	Reza Khalaghi	TF 10–0
2020 IRI World Team Trials   at 57 kg
Loss	3–2	Alireza Sarlak	8–10	5 November 2020	2020 Iranian World Team Trials	Tehran, Iran
Win	3–1	Nader Hajaghania	FF
Loss	2–1	Reza Atri	4–4
2020 Iranian Premier League   for IAU at 61 kg
Win	2–0	Younes Sarmasti	TF 10–0	2 October 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran, Iran
Win	1–0	Ehsan Ranjbar	TF 12–2

External links

• Rahman Amouzad at International Wrestling Database 

References

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