Alireza Heidari

For the Iranian footballer, see Alireza Heidari (footballer).

Alireza Heidari (Persian: علیرضا حیدری; born March 4, 1976, in Tehran) is a retired Iranian wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

Alireza Heidari

Personal information
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1976-03-04) March 4, 1976 Tehran, Iran
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Wrestling
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing Iran Olympic Games 2004 Athens 96 kg World Championships 1998 Tehran 85 kg 1999 Ankara 97 kg 2002 Tehran 96 kg 2003 New York 96 kg 1997 Krasnoyarsk 85 kg Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 85 kg 2002 Busan 96 kg 2006 Doha 96 kg Asian Championships 1997 Tehran 85 kg 1999 Tashkent 97 kg 2001 Ulaanbaatar 97 kg 2003 New Delhi 96 kg 1996 Xiaoshan 82 kg

He also competed in Sydney 2000, where he placed 6th. He is also a seven-time Asian champion and has won a gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze medal at World Championships. Heidari was selected as the 1999 National Sportsman of the Year in Iran.

He has a sister and three brothers.

After his retirement, he bought a mine with nearly eight hundred employees.

Results

Result	Round	Opponent	Score
1997 World Championship / Krasnoyarsk / Bronze medal / 85 kg
Win	Round 1	Christos Alexandridis (GRE)	6–0
Loss	Round 2	Les Gutches (USA)	0–3
Win	Repechage 1	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	1–0
Win	Repechage 2	André Backhaus (GER)	8–2
Win	Repechage 3	Nicolae Ghiță (ROU)	6–1, Fall
Win	Repechage 4	Yoel Romero (CUB)	3–1
Win	Bronze medal match	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)	5–1
1998 World Championship / Tehran / Gold medal / 85 kg
Win	Round 1	Gary Holmes (CAN)	9–0
Win	Round 2	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	4–2
Win	Round 3	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	1–0
Win	Semifinals	Yoel Romero (CUB)	2–1
Win	Final	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	4–0
1999 World Championship / Ankara / Silver medal / 97 kg
Win	Preliminary round	Dan Karabin (CZE)	10–0
Win	Preliminary round	Kim Kil-soo (KOR)	7–0
Win	Round of 16	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2–0
Win	Quarterfinals	Davud Magomedov (AZE)	5–0
Win	Semifinals	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	3–0
Loss	Final	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	3–4
2000 Summer Olympics / Sydney / 6th place / 97 kg
Win	Preliminary round	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	7–1
Win	Preliminary round	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	6–1
Loss	Quarterfinals	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	0–1
Loss	5th place match	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	Walkover
2001 World Championship / Sofia / 16th place / 97 kg
Win	Preliminary round	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	6–1
Loss	Preliminary round	Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	1–4, Fall
2002 World Championship / Tehran / Silver medal / 96 kg
Win	Preliminary round	Sofian Abdul-Lateef (IRQ)	11–0
Win	Preliminary round	Chen Dakuan (CHN)	11–0
Win	Preliminary round	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3–0
Win	Semifinals	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	3–0
Loss	Final	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1–2
2003 World Championship / New York / Silver medal / 96 kg
Win	Preliminary round	Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	10–0
Win	Preliminary round	George Torchinava (NED)	10–0
Win	Round of 16	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	6–6
Win	Quarterfinals	Daniel Cormier (USA)	6–3
Win	Semifinals	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	3–1
Loss	Final	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	0–4
2004 Summer Olympics / Athens / Bronze medal / 96 kg
Win	Preliminary round	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	3–2
Win	Preliminary round	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	10–0
Win	Quarterfinals	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	5–0
Loss	Semifinals	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	4–6
Win	Bronze medal match	Daniel Cormier (USA)	3–2
2006 World Championship / Guangzhou / 5th place / 96 kg
Win	Round of 32	Daniel Cormier (USA)	2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 7–0)
Loss	Round of 16	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)	1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
Win	Repechage 1	Norbert Bödör (SVK)	Walkover
Win	Repechage 2	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	2–0 (1–1, 2–1)
Loss	Bronze medal match	Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)	1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

External links

• Alireza Heidari at the International Wrestling Database
• Alireza Heidari at Olympics.com
• Picture of Alireza Heidari at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 2007)