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Alireza Yousefi
Yousefi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Iran
Born (2003-08-27) August 27, 2003 (age 20)
Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Weight160 kg (353 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 190 kg (2023)
  • Clean and jerk: 246 kg (2023)
  • Total: 436 kg (2023)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya +109 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara +109 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Suva +109 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires +85 kg
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Urgench +94 kg

Alireza Yousefi (Persian: علیرضا یوسفی, born 27 August 2003) is a weightlifter from Iran, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in the over 109 kg category setting 6 youth world records.[6]

He is the world youth weightlifting champion in 2022 and also holds the record for the world super-heavyweight Clean & Jerk in the youth category.[7][8]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 173 178 183 7 230 238 245 5 421 7
Asian Championships
2023 South Korea Jinju, South Korea +109 kg 176 184 190 4 236 246 249 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 436 4
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022 Turkey Konya, Turkey +109 kg 171 176 181 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 230 241 241 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 411 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships
2019 Fiji Suva, Fiji +109 kg 156 163 171 4 212 225 233 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 396 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Greece Heraklion, Greece +109 kg 166 171 177 1st place, gold medalist(s) 215 239 239 1st place, gold medalist(s) 416 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico +109 kg 173 180 -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 225 240 240 1st place, gold medalist(s) 420 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina +85 kg 150 156 162 3 202 211 218 1 380 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Youth Championships
2018 Uzbekistan Urgench, Uzbekistan +94 kg 136 141 144 1st place, gold medalist(s) 176 186 195 1st place, gold medalist(s) 330 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Iran's Yousefi wins weightlifting gold by great comeback". 2018-10-14. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Yousefi Alireza (IRI) – last youth Olympic champion in Buenos Aires". iwf.net. 2018-10-14.
  3. ^ "Iranian weightlifter snatches gold medal in Buenos Aires". IRNA. 2018-10-14.
  4. ^ "Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Khamhaeng dominates and Yousefi seals stunning weightlifting win". olympic.org. 2019-02-06.
  6. ^ "2019 IWF Junior World Championships – Results Book" (PDF).
  7. ^ "زندگینامه: علیرضا یوسفی (۱۳۸۲-)". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. ^ "خط و نشان بچه‌غول ایرانی برای قوی ترین مرد جهان | اذیتش خواهم کرد!". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting - Alireza Yousefi". TheSports.org.
  10. ^ "Yousefi Alireza". iwrp.net.
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