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Amir Reza Khadem

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Amir Reza Khadem
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority693,603[1]
Personal details
Born
Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi

(1970-02-10) February 10, 1970 (age 54)
Mashhad, Iran
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Principlists Pervasive Coalition (2008)
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004)
Alma materShahid Beheshti University
Sports career
Country Iran
SportWrestling
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 82 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Varna 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Tokyo 74 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima 82 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Tehran 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 1993 Ulan Bator 82 kg
Silver medal – second place 1991 New Delhi 74 kg

Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi (Persian: امیررضا خادم ازغدی, born February 10, 1970) is an Iranian wrestler who won Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and 1996. He finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he won the 1991 World Championships, He also won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Championships and the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 Asian Championships and the 1994 Asian Games.

He was trained by his father Mohammad Khadem, and his younger brother Rasoul Khadem was another world champion and an Olympic gold medalist of freestyle wrestling.

He is currently Vice Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in Legal, Parliamentary and Provincial Affairs, has been appointed for the position on 30 December 2013.[2]

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