![]() Ghasemi at the
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Native name | کمیل قاسمی | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Komeil Ghasemi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran | 27 February 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rasoul Khadem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Komeil Ghasemi ( Persian: کمیل قاسمی, born 27 February 1988) [1] is a retired Iranian wrestler who won a gold medal in the men's freestyle 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] Ghasemi was awarded his Olympic gold medal after the two wrestlers ahead of him failed drug tests. [3] Ghasemi is the most successful Iranian heavyweight wrestler at the Olympic Games.
He also won a silver medal at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 120 kg freestyle discipline. [4] He was born in Juybar, in Iran's Mazandaran province but spent his childhood in Sari. He started wrestling seriously after moving back to Juybar. [5] [6] Following his Olympic appearance, Ghasemi won the 120 kg weight class at the 2013 Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran, helping his nation take gold in the tournament. [7] At the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships he won a gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle tournament, [8] while at that year's World Championships he took silver in the same event. [9] He took silver in the 125 kg freestyle event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, losing the final to Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan, [10] and the 2016 Summer Olympics, behind Taha Akgül of Turkey. [11] Ghasemi retired in 2019 after losing the Iranian trials for the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. [12] [13] [14] [15]
As of 2023, Ghasemi is the head coach of Cambodian national wrestling team. He started his coaching position in October 2020. [16] Under Ghasemi Cambodian wrestlers recorded a total haul of 19 medals (three golds, three silvers and 13 bronzes) at the 2022 Southeast Asian Wrestling Championship, their biggest ever since first joining the regional tournament a few years back. [17]
![]() Ghasemi at the
2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | کمیل قاسمی | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Komeil Ghasemi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran | 27 February 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rasoul Khadem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Komeil Ghasemi ( Persian: کمیل قاسمی, born 27 February 1988) [1] is a retired Iranian wrestler who won a gold medal in the men's freestyle 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] Ghasemi was awarded his Olympic gold medal after the two wrestlers ahead of him failed drug tests. [3] Ghasemi is the most successful Iranian heavyweight wrestler at the Olympic Games.
He also won a silver medal at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 120 kg freestyle discipline. [4] He was born in Juybar, in Iran's Mazandaran province but spent his childhood in Sari. He started wrestling seriously after moving back to Juybar. [5] [6] Following his Olympic appearance, Ghasemi won the 120 kg weight class at the 2013 Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran, helping his nation take gold in the tournament. [7] At the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships he won a gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle tournament, [8] while at that year's World Championships he took silver in the same event. [9] He took silver in the 125 kg freestyle event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, losing the final to Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan, [10] and the 2016 Summer Olympics, behind Taha Akgül of Turkey. [11] Ghasemi retired in 2019 after losing the Iranian trials for the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. [12] [13] [14] [15]
As of 2023, Ghasemi is the head coach of Cambodian national wrestling team. He started his coaching position in October 2020. [16] Under Ghasemi Cambodian wrestlers recorded a total haul of 19 medals (three golds, three silvers and 13 bronzes) at the 2022 Southeast Asian Wrestling Championship, their biggest ever since first joining the regional tournament a few years back. [17]