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Alireza Yousefi
Yousefi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Iran
Born (2003-08-27) August 27, 2003 (age 21)
Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Weight198 kg (437 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event 109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 194 kg (2024)
  • Clean and jerk: 262 kg (2024)
  • Total: 456 kg (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Manama 109 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 109 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara 109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Suva 109 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 85 kg
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Urgench 94 kg

Alireza Yousefi (Persian: علیرضا یوسفی, born 27 August 2003) is an Iranian weightlifter, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in the over 109 kg category setting 6 youth world records.[6]

He is the world youth weightlifting champion in 2022 and also holds the record for the world super-heavyweight Clean & Jerk in the youth category.[7][8]

In 2024, he won the overall bronze medal at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, as well as the gold medal in the clean & jerk.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 173 178 183 7 230 238 245 5 421 7
2024 Bahrain Manama, Bahrain 109 kg 184 191 194 5 248 258 262 1st place, gold medalist(s) 456 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2023 South Korea Jinju, South Korea 109 kg 176 184 190 4 236 246 JWR 249 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 436 4
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022 Turkey Konya, Turkey 109 kg 171 176 181 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 230 241 241 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 411 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships
2019 Fiji Suva, Fiji 109 kg 156 163 171 4 212 225 233 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 396 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Greece Heraklion, Greece 109 kg 166 171 177 1st place, gold medalist(s) 215 239 239 1st place, gold medalist(s) 416 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico 109 kg 173 180 -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 225 240 240 1st place, gold medalist(s) 420 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 85 kg 150 156 162 3 202 211 218 1 380 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Youth Championships
2018 Uzbekistan Urgench, Uzbekistan 94 kg 136 141 144 1st place, gold medalist(s) 176 186 195 1st place, gold medalist(s) 330 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Iran's Yousefi wins weightlifting gold by great comeback". 2018-10-14. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Yousefi Alireza (IRI) – last youth Olympic champion in Buenos Aires". iwf.net. 2018-10-14.
  3. ^ "Iranian weightlifter snatches gold medal in Buenos Aires". IRNA. 2018-10-14.
  4. ^ "Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Khamhaeng dominates and Yousefi seals stunning weightlifting win". olympic.org. 2019-02-06.
  6. ^ "2019 IWF Junior World Championships – Results Book" (PDF).
  7. ^ "زندگینامه: علیرضا یوسفی (۱۳۸۲-)". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. ^ "خط و نشان بچه‌غول ایرانی برای قوی ترین مرد جهان | اذیتش خواهم کرد!". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting - Alireza Yousefi". TheSports.org.
  10. ^ "Yousefi Alireza". iwrp.net.
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