Ali Arsalan Explained

Ali Arsalan
Headercolor:Gold
Native Name:علی ارسلان
Birth Name:Farbod Arsalan
Full Name:Ali Arsalan
Birth Place:Amol, Mazandaran, Iran
Height:174 cm
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Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:72 kg
Event:Greco-Roman
Coach:Hassan Hosseinzadeh
Ghasem Rezaei
Amir Hossein Hosseini
Stoyan Stoyanov
Worlds: (2022) (2023)
Regionals: (2017) (2022)

Ali Arsalan (Serbian: Али Арсалан, born 8 May 1995) is an Iranian-born naturalized Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] He represented Iran until December 2021.[2]

He won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3] [4]

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 66kg event at the 2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.[5] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 66kg event at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[6] [7]

He won the gold medal in the men's 72kg at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and the 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[8]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2014Asian Junior ChampionshipsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia1stGreco-Roman 60kg
2015Asian Junior ChampionshipsNaypyidaw, Myanmar1stGreco-Roman 66kg
2017Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India3rdGreco-Roman 66kg
World CupAbadan, Iran3rdGreco-Roman 66kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdGreco-Roman 72kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stGreco-Roman 72kg
2023World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdGreco-Roman 72kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Shefferd . Neil . 11 September 2022 . Hosts Serbia take two golds on opening day of finals at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 11 September 2022.
  2. News: Brennan . Eliott . 25 April 2022 . Olympic karate champion Ganjzadeh criticises Iran's sporting policy on Israel . InsideTheGames.biz . 10 September 2022.
  3. News: Pavitt . Michael . 3 April 2022 . Turkish wrestlers earn Greco-Roman titles as European Championships conclude . . 4 April 2022.
  4. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  5. Web site: 2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210823042752/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2015-juniors-world_final-book_0.pdf. 23 August 2021. 28 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  6. News: Etchells . Daniel . 10 May 2017 . Iran's Taherisartang wins third title at Asian Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 10 September 2022.
  7. Web site: 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162841/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book-complete.pdf. 25 November 2018.
  8. Web site: 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220112234231/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-04/results_04_plovdiv.pdf?VersionId=6WiwiqzOfNOFSyBT8LMAZt7tAzUi.Qu2 . 12 January 2022 . 26 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.