Meisam Nassiri
Appearance
![]() Nasiri at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Meisam Nasiri | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zanjan, Iran | 1 June 1989||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Rasoul Khadem[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meisam Nassiri (Persian: میثم نصيری; born 1 June 1989) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships.[2]
Wrestling career
He competed at the 2016 Olympics, but was eliminated in the first bout.[1] In the Asian Championships 2017, he lost to Bajrang of India.
Personal life
He was born in a village called Zarnan in Zanjan and still lives there;
Meysam Nassiri, even after joining the national team, did not forget his hometown and continues to work in agriculture and animal husbandry;
Meysam Nasiri established a horse riding club in Zarnan, named after him.
References
- ^ a b Meisam Abolfazl Nasiri. rio2016.com
- ^ a b Meisam Abolfazl Nasiri. nbcolympics.com
External links
- Meisam Nasiri at the International Wrestling Database
- Meisam Nasiri at Olympics.com
- Meisam Nasiri at Olympedia
Categories:
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Iran
- People from Zanjan, Iran
- 1989 births
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- 21st-century Iranian people
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran
- Iranian sport wrestler stubs