Alireza Yousefi

Alireza Yousefi (Persian: علیرضا یوسفی, born 27 August 2003) is a weightlifter from Iran, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games.[1][2][3][4][5]

Alireza Yousefi
Yousefi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Iran
Born (2003-08-27) August 27, 2003
Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Weight160 kg (353 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 183 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 238 kg (2021)
  • Total: 421 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires+85 kg
World Junior Championships
2019 Suva+109 kg
Asian Youth Championships
2018 Urgench+94 kg

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in the over 109 kg category setting 6 youth world records.[6]

Major results

[7][8]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan+109 kg173178183723023824554217
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina+85 kg15015616232022112181380
Junior World Championships
2019 Suva, Fiji+109 kg1561631714212225233396
2022 Heraklion, Greece+109 kg
Asian Youth Championships
2018 Urgench, Uzbekistan+94 kg136141144176186195330

References
  1. "Iran's Yousefi wins weightlifting gold by great comeback". 2018-10-14. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019.
  2. "Yousefi Alireza (IRI) – last youth Olympic champion in Buenos Aires". iwf.net. 2018-10-14.
  3. "Iranian weightlifter snatches gold medal in Buenos Aires". IRNA. 2018-10-14.
  4. "Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018.
  5. "Khamhaeng dominates and Yousefi seals stunning weightlifting win". olympic.org. 2019-02-06.
  6. "2019 IWF Junior World Championships – Results Book" (PDF).
  7. "Weightlifting - Alireza Yousefi". TheSports.org.
  8. "Yousefi Alireza". iwrp.net.


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