Navab Nassirshalal Explained

Fullname:Navab Nassirshalal
Birth Date:1 April 1989[1]
Birth Place:Ahvaz, Iran
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Weight:104kg (229lb)
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:105 kg
Coach:Kourosh Bagheri
Education:Physical education[2]
Alma Mater:Islamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch[3]
Club:Melli Haffari Company Ahvaz Sports Club
Updated:26 July 2012

Navab Nassirshalal (also spelled Nasirshelal, Persian: نواب نصیرشلال, in Persian pronounced as /nævˈvɒːb-e næsiːrʃæˈlɒːl/; born 1 April 1989) is an Iranian retired weightlifter who won a gold medal in the men's 105 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He began weightlifting at the age of 15 and has also won a bronze medal in the 94 kg class snatch at the 2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships, silver in the 94 kg clean and jerk and bronze overall at the 2009 edition, and gold in the 105 kg category in 2012 (after Oleksiy Torokhtiy was subsequently disqualified in 2019).

Early life

Nassirshalal was born on April 1, 1989, in Ahvaz[4] and raised in Masjed Soleyman in the Khuzestan Province of Iran. He started weightlifting because of his father[5] at the age of 15,[2] out of the National Iranian Oil Company club in the oil-rich city of Masjed Soleyman.[6] As of 2012 he was studying physical education at the Islamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch[3] and was coached by Kourosh Bagheri of the Iranian national team,[1] a two-time Asian and 2001 World Champion in the 94 kg division.[7] He is a member of Melli Haffari Company Ahvaz Sports Club.[1]

Career

Nassirshalal made his international debut at the 2006 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg category, where he placed fifth. He earned two bronze medals at the 2007 edition, as well as silver at the 2007 Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships.[2] He also competed at the Asian Championships senior level that year, winning bronze in the 94 kg class snatch.[8] He won another bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championship[2] before advancing permanently to the senior division in 2009, where he took silver in the 94 kg clean and jerk and bronze overall at the 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships.[9] After skipping the 2010 season and switching to the 105 kg division, he next appeared at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, placing sixth overall. He won his first international gold medal at the 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 105 kg snatch category.[10] A technical error in the clean and jerk portion, however, left him out of contention for any more medals at this tournament. He was then selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where, despite competing with an aching knee,[11] he won a silver medal in the 105 kg division, behind Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine,[1] but later upgraded to the gold medal position following Torokhtiy's disqualification for doping.[12] He participated in the same event at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2015 World Championships, but failed to set a mark in the clean and jerk in both cases.[13] [14]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=401width=402width=403width=40Rankwidth=401width=402width=403width=40Rank
Olympic Games
18318318452222272291411
World Championships
175180185721121122354036
1811811866220223226------
Asian Games
1761811843217219219------
Asian Championships
94 kg 15419163454
94 kg 1641691714197197207 376
105 kg 183183187 225225225------
World Junior Championships
2006 94 kg 151156158718318919453505
2007 94 kg 1561611641931982034354
2008 94 kg 164171174194199211363

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Navab Nasirshalal . Athletes . . August 2012 . 2012-08-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801143344/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nasirshelal-navab-1061500/ . 2012-08-01.
  2. Web site: Mollahosseini, Mohammad . http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/180295 . fa:زندگینامه: نواب نصیرشلال . Biography: Navab Nasirshalal . August 3, 2012 . . fa . August 11, 2012.
  3. News: fa:کسب اولین مدال نقره المپیک ۲۰۱۲ لندن توسط دانشجوی واحد مسجدسلیمان . fa . Islamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch . http://www.iaumis.ac.ir/contents.php?catid=225&id=717/ . 2012-08-12 . https://archive.today/20121219060257/http://www.iaumis.ac.ir/contents.php?catid=225&id=717/ . 2012-12-19 . dead.
  4. Navab Nasirshelal . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224073829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/navab-nasirshelal-1.html . dead . 2018-12-24 . 2012-08-11.
  5. News: fa:نواب نصیرشلال: یک تفکر حرفه‌ای می‌گوید به مدال فکر نکنی به دستش می‌آوری/ دیدم نقره دارم، راضی شدم . fa . Khabar Online . 2012-08-08 . http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/233837/ . 2012-08-11.
  6. News: fa:آشنایی با مدال‌آوران ایران؛ نواب نصیرشلال . fa . tarafdari.com . http://tarafdari.com/news/5020385afc80e1264d000000/ . 2012-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815003943/http://tarafdari.com/news/5020385afc80e1264d000000/ . 2012-08-15.
  7. Web site: Gjerde . Arild . Jeroen Heijmans . Bill Mallon . Hilary Evans . Kouroush Bagheri Biography and Olympic Results . Olympics . Sports Reference.com . August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031254/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/kouroush-bagheri-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2012-08-11.
  8. Web site: 2007 Tai'an . . 2007-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070428032807/http://www.a-w-f.net/taian.htm . 2007-04-28 . 2012-08-06.
  9. Web site: 21 st Asian Senior Women's 40 th Asian Senior Men's Weightlifting Championships . Results . . 2009-05-16 . DOC . 2012-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120523000214/http://www.a-w-f.net/RESULT/2009-Result-Men-kaz.doc . 2012-05-23.
  10. Web site: 2012 Asian Championships . Results by Events . . 2012-04-30 . 2012-08-06.
  11. News: fa:نواب نصیرشلال: خوشحالم دل ملت ایران را شاد كردم . fa . Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) . 2012-08-07 . http://www.irna.ir/NewsShow.aspx?NID=80264765 . 2012-08-12.
  12. News: Nasir Shalal to Receive 2012 Olympic Gold after Torokhtiy Stripped . . 21 December 2019 . 12 March 2020.
  13. Web site: Weightlifting - Men's 105kg Group A . Results . . 2014-09-26 . 2015-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227101846/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/WL/Result?RSC=WLM005A01&lang=en . 2014-12-27.
  14. Web site: Results by Event: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships . November 2015 . . 2015-12-01.