Behdad Salimi

Behdad Salimi

File:Behdad Salimi.jpg Behdad Salimi in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi
Nationality	Iran
Born	(1989-12-08) December 8, 1989 Ghaemshahr, Iran
Residence	Ghaemshahr, Iran
Education	Physical Education
Alma mater	Islamic Azad University of Ghaemshahr
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	189.06 kg (416.8 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Zob Ahan
Coached by	Ghasem Ghazalian Kourosh Bagheri
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 214 kg (2011, WR) Clean and jerk: 255 kg (2014, AGR) Total: 465 kg (2014, AGR)
Medal record Representing Iran Men's weightlifting Olympic Games 2012 London +105 kg World Championships 2010 Antalya +105 kg 2011 Paris +105 kg 2014 Almaty +105 kg Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou +105 kg 2014 Incheon +105 kg Asian Championships 2009 Taldykorgan +105 kg 2011 Tongling +105 kg 2012 Pyeongtaek +105 kg

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Behdad Salimi (Right) in 2012

Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی كردآسیابی‎‎, born December 8, 1989 in Ghaemshahr) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category. Salimi currently holds the world record in the snatch with 214 kg in his weight class.

Career

At the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships Salimi won the gold medal in the +105 kg category. Salimi won gold again in the +105 kg category at the 2010 Asian Games with a 205 kg snatch and a 235 kg clean and jerk.

Salimi won the gold medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in Paris, France on November 13, 2011, and set a new snatch world record of 214 kg.

Salimi became the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the +105 kg category on August 7, 2012 with a 208 kg snatch, a 247 kg clean and jerk for a total of 455 kg.

Leaving national team

After 2012 London Olympic games he and other Olympic medalists of Iran protested against Iran's national weightlifting team head coach Kourosh Bagheri for using offensive language in training and declined to attend national team exercises. As a result of a heavy argument on a live TV debate between Salimi and Kourosh Bagheri, the Iranian Weightlifting Federation dismissed Salimi and other weightlifters, who later on sided by Salimi in public and did not invite any of the London medalists for the 2013 Asian Weightlifting Championships and 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.

Major result

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2012	London, United Kingdom	+105 kg	201	205	208	2	247	264	--	1	455
World Championships
2010	Antalya, Turkey	+105 kg	203	208	211		241	245	247		453
2011	Paris, France	+105 kg	201	209	214		241	250	260		464
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	+105 kg	206	211	211		246	251	257		457
Asian Games
2010	Guangzhou, China	+105 kg	201	201	205	1	235	241	241	2	440
2014	Incheon, South Korea	+105 kg	200	210	215	1	241	255	--	1	465
Asian Championships
2009	Taldykorgan, kazakhstan	+105 kg	180	190	197		220	231	--		421
2011	Tongling, China	+105 kg	200	205	208		241	250	--		458
2012	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	+105 kg	196	201	206		245	260	260		451
World Junior Championships
2008	Cali, Colombia	+105 kg	181	186	190		220	226	226		406
2009	Bukarest, Romania	+105 kg	181	190	195		222	228	235		423
Asian Junior Championships
2008	Jeonju, South Korea	+105 kg	185				222				407

External links

• www.iwf.net
• IWF Profile
• IWRP Profile