Nationality Iran Name Behdad Salimi Role Weightlifter Spouse Alma Nosrati (m. 2011) | Country Iran Height 1.97 m Education Physical education Weight 165 kg | |
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Full name Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi Born December 8, 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-12-08 ) Ghaemshahr, Iran Alma mater Islamic Azad University of Ghaemshahr Similar People Sajjad Anoushiravani, Hossein Rezazadeh, Kourosh Bagheri, Ruslan Albegov, Kianoush Rostami | ||
New world record in 105kg men world weightlifting paris 2011 behdad salimi
Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی كردآسیابی, born December 8, 1989 in Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category.
Contents
- New world record in 105kg men world weightlifting paris 2011 behdad salimi
- Behdad Salimi Heavy Training 200kg Snatch 245kg Clean and Jerk 2017 WWC 4k60
- Career
- Leaving national team
- References
Behdad Salimi Heavy Training (200kg Snatch + 245kg Clean and Jerk) 2017 WWC [4k60]
Career
At the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships Salimi won the gold medal in the +105 kg category. Salimi won gold again in the +105 kg category at the 2010 Asian Games with a 205 kg snatch and a 235 kg clean and jerk.
Salimi won the gold medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in Paris, France on November 13, 2011, and set a new snatch world record of 214 kg.
Salimi became the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the +105 kg category on August 7, 2012 with a 208 kg snatch, a 247 kg clean and jerk for a total of 455 kg.
Despite a torn ACL, total knee re-construction and over two years out of the game, Behdad Salimi returned to weightlifting in 2016 to compete in the Fajr Cup, held in Tehran, Iran and won gold.
Salimi made a weightlifting comeback, in the Rio 2016 Olympics, where he bettered his own world record in the snatch and completed a clean & jerk lift which was approved by all three referees before being controversially disqualified by the jury. Iran’s National Olympics Committee filed an application to the CAS. The International Weightlifting Federation website was hacked on the next morning and its Instagram page flooded with over 285,000 comments.
Leaving national team
After 2012 London Olympic games he and other Olympic medalists of Iran protested against Iran's national weightlifting team head coach Kourosh Bagheri for using offensive language in training and declined to attend national team exercises. As a result of a heavy argument on a live TV debate between Salimi and Kourosh Bagheri, the Iranian Weightlifting Federation dismissed Salimi and other weightlifters, who later on sided by Salimi in public and did not invite any of the London medalists for the 2013 Asian Weightlifting Championships and 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.
