Saman Tahmasebi

Azerbaijani wrestler

Saman Tahmasebi

Tahmasebi at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information

Born

26 July 1985 (1985-07-26) (age 38)
Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Iran

Height

180 cm (5 ft 11 in)^[1]

Weight

85 kg (187 lb)

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Club

Azad University, Tehran
Atasport Baku

Coached by

Jamshid Kheyrabadi ^[2]

Medal record

Representing Iran

World Championships
	2006 Guangzhou	84 kg
	2007 Baku	84 kg
Asian Championships
	2007 Bishkek	84 kg
Representing Azerbaijan
World Championships
	2013 Budapest	84 kg
	2014 Tashkent	85 kg
	2015 Las Vegas	85 kg

Saman Tahmasebi (Persian: سامان طهماسبی, born 26 July 1985^[3]) is a naturalized Azerbaijani wrestler who formerly represented his birthplace Iran. Between 2006 and 2015 he won five medals at the world championships. He also took part in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.^[2]

References

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^ Saman Ahmed Tahmasebi Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
^ ^a ^b Tahmasebi, Saman Ahmed (AZE) Archived 26 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
^ "Saman Tahmasebi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.