Abbas Jadidi
Appearance
![]() |
Abbas Jadidi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of City Council of Tehran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 3 September 2013 – 22 August 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | 13 January 1969||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
References
[edit]- ^ King, Peter. "Gripping Finish". SI.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
- ^ Angle vs. Jadidi Team USA.
- ^ "Iran's national wrestling team heads for United States". BBC.
External links
[edit]
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Olympic wrestlers for Iran
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Iran
- Iranian sportspeople in doping cases
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Iranian sportsperson-politicians
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Tehran Councillors 2013–2017
- Recipients of the Order of Courage (Iran)
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- 20th-century Iranian sportsmen
- 21st-century Iranian sportspeople
- World Wrestling Champions
- Iranian sport wrestler stubs
- Iranian sportspeople stubs
- Asian Olympic medalist stubs