Abbas Jadidi | |||||||||
Birth Date: | 13 January 1969 | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | ||||||||
Order1: | Member of City Council of Tehran | ||||||||
Term Start1: | 3 September 2013 | ||||||||
Term End1: | 22 August 2017 | ||||||||
Party: | Independent | ||||||||
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Abbas Jadidi (Persian: عباس جدیدی; born 13 January 1969) is an Iranian wrestler who competed in the Freestyle Heavyweight (90–100 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal.[1] He won the 1993 FILA World Wrestling Championships, but later tested positive for a banned substance. He was stripped of the title and suspended from competing for two years for doping.[2] He was elected as a member of Tehran City Council in 2013 local elections.[3]