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Rashid Sharifi

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Nationality
  
Iran

Event(s)
  
+105 kg

Residence
  
Lenjan, Iran

Name
  
Rashid Sharifi


Country
  
Iran

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Sport
  
Weightlifting

Weight
  
140 kg

Born
  
September 21, 1984 (age 39) (
1984-09-21
)

Personal best(s)
  
Snatch: 196 kg (2008) Clean and jerk: 236kg (2008) Total: 426 kg (2008)

Rashid Sharifi Sadeh (Persian: رشید شریفی سده‎‎, born September 21, 1984 in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category.

At the 2007 World Championships, he ranked 8th with a total of 410 kg.

He won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 426 kg and 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 440 kg, but he lost this medal because he tested positive for doping.

After retirement of the Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh, he succeeded him representing Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to his poor test results he was placed at group B of the competitions and managed to score the first among participants without getting any medals.

References

Rashid Sharifi Wikipedia