Navab Nassirshalal

Navab Nassirshalal
Nassirshalal at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameNavab Nassirshalal
Nationality Iran
Born (1989-04-01) April 1, 1989 (age 35)[1]
Ahvaz, Iran
EducationPhysical education[2]
Alma materIslamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch[3]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight104 kg (229 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event105 kg
ClubMelli Haffari Company Ahvaz Sports Club[1]
Coached byKourosh Bagheri[1]
Medal record
Men’s weightlifting
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 105 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Taldykorgan 94 kg
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Prague 94 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Cali 94 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012

Navab Nassirshalal (also spelled Nasirshelal, Persian: نواب نصیرشلال, pronounced [nævˈvɒːb-e næsiːrʃæˈlɒːl]; born 1 April 1989) is an Iranian retired weightlifter who won a gold medal in the men's 105 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He began weightlifting at the age of 15 and has also won a bronze medal in the 94 kg class snatch at the 2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships, silver in the 94 kg clean and jerk and bronze overall at the 2009 edition, and gold in the 105 kg category in 2012 (after Oleksiy Torokhtiy was subsequently disqualified in 2019).

  1. ^ a b c d e "Navab Nasirshalal". Athletes. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. August 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  2. ^ Mollahosseini, Mohammad (August 3, 2012). زندگینامه: نواب نصیرشلال [Biography: Navab Nasirshalal] (in Persian). Hamshahri. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  3. ^ کسب اولین مدال نقره المپیک ۲۰۱۲ لندن توسط دانشجوی واحد مسجدسلیمان (in Persian). Islamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

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