Alireza Yousefi

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

Alireza Yousefi
Yousefi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Iran
Born (2003-08-27) August 27, 2003
Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Weight160 kg (353 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 190 kg (2023)
  • Clean and jerk: 246 kg (2023)
  • Total: 436 kg (2023)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya+109 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Heraklion+109 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Suva+109 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos Aires+85 kg
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Urgench+94 kg

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]

Major results

[9][10]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan+109 kg173178183723023824554217
Asian Championships
2023South Korea Jinju, South Korea+109 kg17618419042362462492nd place, silver medalist(s)4364
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022Turkey Konya, Turkey+109 kg1711761813rd place, bronze medalist(s)2302412412nd place, silver medalist(s)4112nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships
2019Fiji Suva, Fiji+109 kg15616317142122252332nd place, silver medalist(s)3963rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022Greece Heraklion, Greece+109 kg1661711771st place, gold medalist(s)2152392391st place, gold medalist(s)4161st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympic Games
2018Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina+85 kg150156162320221121813801st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Youth Championships
2018Uzbekistan Urgench, Uzbekistan+94 kg1361411441st place, gold medalist(s)1761861951st place, gold medalist(s)3301st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  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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