Hamid Sourian
![]() Sourian in July 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | حمید سوریان | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Hamid Sourian Reihanpour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | 7 Star General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rey, Iran | 24 August 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Babak Rey Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Abdollah Zare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hamid Sourian Reihanpour (Persian: حمید سوریان ریحانپور; born 24 August 1985) or Hamid Soryan is a retired Iranian wrestler. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gold medalist and six-time World Champion. He won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian championships gold medalist.[1]
Summer Olympics 2008
[edit]Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria.[2]
Summer Olympics 2012
[edit]On 5 August 2012, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov in the 55 kg final.[3][4]
Summer Olympics 2016
[edit]After failing to qualify for the World Championship games and Continental Qualifier, on 3 May 2016 Sourian entered the second of the two worldwide qualification tournaments for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Turkey after failing to overcome Ivo Angelov from Bulgaria in Mongolia.
On May 5, Aleksandr Karelin posted a photo of Sourian on his Instagram page, wishing him success by writing: "You are the best and I wish you the best in the last 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament. Believe you can and you will."[5]
On May 7, Sourian finished first in the tournament and secured his ticket for Rio.[6]
On the 14th of August, he was defeated by Shinobu Ota from Japan in the round of 32. Although leading by 4–0 in the first half of the bout, his energy quickly depleted in the second half and he was defeated by 5–6 in the end. His next match was against Almat Kebispayev from Kazakhstan in the repechage round. Again he was comfortably in the lead by 7–0 in the first half and then only needed one point for victory in the second, but his energy levels dropped towards the end and he lost the bout. This was his last appearance in Rio and his tournament was brought to a surprising end.[7]
International competition record
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Hamid_Sourian_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_02.jpg/220px-Hamid_Sourian_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_02.jpg)
Result | Round | Opponent | Score |
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2005 World Championship / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–0 (4–3, 2–1) |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
2–0 (4–0, 3–2) |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
2–0 (2–1, 7–1) |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
DSQ (3–0, 5–0) |
Win | Final | ![]() |
2–0 (2–1, 4–3) |
2006 World Championship / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–0 (6–0, 7–0) |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
2–0 (7–2, 2–1) |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
2–0 (8–2, 4–0) |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
2–0 (5–3, 3–2) |
Win | Final | ![]() |
2–0 (3–0, 3–0) |
2007 World Championship / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 64 | ![]() |
2–0 (5–0, 8–1) |
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–0 (2–1, 4–0) |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
DSQ (4–0, 6–0) |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
2–0 (4–3, 2–2) |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
2–0 (3–0, 1–1) |
Win | Final | ![]() |
DSQ (1–1, 3–0, 4–0) |
2008 Summer Olympics / ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
Fall (4–0) |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
2–0 (8–0, 6–0) |
Loss | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
1–2 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1) |
Win | Repechage | ![]() |
2–0 (5–0, 1–1) |
Loss | Bronze medal match | ![]() |
0–2 (1–1, 2–2) |
2009 World Championship / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–0 (7–0, 3–0) |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
2–0 (1–0, 6–0) |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
2–0 (1–0, 1–0) |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
2–0 (1–0, 6–0) |
Win | Final | ![]() |
2–0 (5–0, 1–0) |
2010 World Championship / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–0 (5–0, 1–0) |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
2–0 (2–0, 2–2) |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
2–0 (2–0, 1–1) |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
2–0 (1–0, 2–0) |
Win | Final | ![]() |
2–1 (4–0, 0–3, 1–0) |
2012 Summer Olympics / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
2–1 (4–0, 0–2, 2–1) |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
2–0 (2–0, 1–0) |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
2–0 (3–0, 3–0) |
Win | Final | ![]() |
2–0 (2–0, 1–0) |
2014 World Championship / ![]() ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 64 | ![]() |
8–0 |
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–1 |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
5–0 |
Win | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
3–0 |
Win | Semifinals | ![]() |
2–1 |
Win | Final | ![]() |
2–1 |
2015 World Championship / ![]() | |||
Win | Round of 32 | ![]() |
8–0 |
Win | Round of 16 | ![]() |
5–0, Fall |
Loss | Quarterfinals | ![]() |
0–2, DSQ |
Loss | Repechage | ![]() |
5–6 |
2016 Summer Olympics / ![]() | |||
Loss | Round of 32 | ![]() |
4–5 |
Loss | Repechage | ![]() |
7–6, Fall |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour Archived 2012-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nazyr Mankiev and Islam-Beka Albiev win gold for Russia - International Herald Tribune". www.iht.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25.
- ^ "London 2012 Wrestling: Iran's Hamid Sourian Claimed Gold Medal in Men's 55kg Greco-Roman". Kabir News. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "London Olympics: Iran's Reihanpour wins Greco-Roman 55kg wrestling gold". The Times Of India. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ "Sourian claims gold in Istanbul to book Olympic spot". 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Google". www.google.no. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
External links
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- Hamid Sourian at the International Wrestling Database
- Hamid Sourian at Olympedia
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Ray, Iran
- Sportspeople from Tehran province
- Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch alumni
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Iran
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Iran
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Wrestling Champions
- Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Iran
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Greco-Roman wrestlers
- 21st-century Iranian sportsmen