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) (2024)
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. This is the first medal for Serbia in the Greco-Roman style at the World Championship in Belgrade.[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
2024World ChampionshipsAlbania, Tirana3rdGreco-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.