Rahman Amouzad Explained

Rahman Amouzad
Headercolor:Gold
Birth Name:Persian: رحمان عموزاد خلیلی
Full Name:Rahman Amouzad Khalili
Nickname:Ruthless
Black Panther
Birth Date:2002 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Khalil Shahr, Behshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Height:174 cm
Sport:Wrestling
Weight Class:65 kg
Event:Freestyle

Rahman Amouzad Khalili (fa|رحمان عموزاد خلیلی; born 17 July 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms.[1] The 2022 World champion, Amouzad reached silver medals while representing Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Asian Games.[2]

A three-time age-group World champion, Amouzad has earned medals at multiple international tournaments, such as the Asian Championships and the Individual World Cup.[3]

Career

2018–2020

In 2018 and 2019, Amouzad claimed gold medals at the U17 World Championships and the U17 Asian Championships, at 45 and 48 kilograms respectively.[4] [5] [6]

In October 2020, he competed at the Iranian Premier League for Islamic Azad University, scoring two wins at 61 kilograms on his senior level debut.[7] In November, Amouzad trimmed down to 57 kilograms for the Iranian World Team Trials, dropping matches to Asian champion Reza Atri and U23 World medalist Alireza Sarlak.[8] In December, he racked up two more wins for IAU at the Premier League.[9]

A week later, Amouzad claimed a bronze medal at the Individual World Cup, winning four matches while losing one, to reigning World champion Zaur Uguev from Russia.[10]

2021

In March, Amouzad competed in a rematch against Reza Atri for the Iranian Olympic Team spot, losing in a close bout on points.[11] In May, he moved up to 61 kilograms and claimed the Takhi Cup, defeating four opponents on his way to a gold medal and a spot on the Iranian World Team.[12] In June, Amouzad claimed the Yasar Dogu gold medal, notably defeating Asian champion Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov and Münir Recep Aktaş.[13]

In August, Amouzad made his international U20 debut, becoming the 2021 U20 World Champion at 61 kilograms. At the Senior World Championships of October, Amouzad advanced to the second round after a win over Hungary, before being eliminated by Toshihiro Hasegawa from Japan to place eleventh.[14]

2022

In April, Amouzad moved up to 65 kilograms and claimed his first Asian Continental title, defeating Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia from India in the finals.[15]

In September, he competed at the World Championships, running through a gauntlet and defeating reigning European champion Ismail Musukaev from Hungary, three-time World champion Haji Aliyev from Azerbaijan and Olympian Yun Jun-sik from South Korea, to reach the finals.[16] The next day, he claimed the World title, defeating three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis from the United States in a high-scoring match.[17]

In December, Amouzad helped Iran to a silver-medal finish at the World Cup, defeating U23 Asian champion Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu from the All-Stars team and Yianni Diakomihalis from the United States, in a rematch from the World finals.[18]

Freestyle record

! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches|-! Res.! Record! Opponent! Score! Date! Event! Location|-|Loss|49–11|align=left| Shamil Mamedov |style="font-size:88%"|7–10|style="font-size:88%"|November 23, 2024|style="font-size:88%"|PWL 7: Russia vs. Iran|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" | Moscow, Russia|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|49–10|align=left| Kotaro Kiyooka |style="font-size:88%"|3–10|style="font-size:88%"|August 11, 2024|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2024 Summer Olympics|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Paris, France|-|Win|49–9|align=left| Ismail Musukaev |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|August 10, 2024|-|Win|48–9|align=left| Islam Dudaev|style="font-size:88%"|TF 11–0|-|Win|47–9|align=left| Zain Retherford|style="font-size:88%"|8–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|46–9|align=left| Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga|style="font-size:88%"|2–1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|11 April 2024|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2024 Asian Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan|-|Win|45–9|align=left| Abbos Rakhmonov|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-|Win|44–9|align=left| Yoo Seon-ho|style="font-size:88%"|7–0|-|Win|43–9|align=left| Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov|style="font-size:88%"|4–2|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss||align=left| Vazgen Tevanyan |style="font-size:88%"|FF|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|10–14 January 2024|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Zagreb, Croatia|-|Win|42–9|align=left| Abbas Ebrahimzadeh|style="font-size:88%"|12–4|-|Win|41–9|align=left| Agustín Destribats|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-|Win|40–9|align=left| Yuan Shaohua |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-|Win|39–9|align=left| Abdullah Toprak|style="font-size:88%"|12–4|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|38–8|align=left| Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga |style="font-size:88%"|TF 1–11|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|6 October 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2022 Asian Games|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Hangzhou, China|-|Win|38–7|align=left| Bajrang Punia|style="font-size:88%"|8–1|-|Win|37–7|align=left| Wei Baowen|style="font-size:88%"|6–0|-|Win|36–7|align=left| Kaiki Yamaguchi |style="font-size:88%"|2–1|-|Win|35–7|align=left| Abbos Rakhmonov|style="font-size:88%"|12–6|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|34–7|align=left| Maxim Saculţan|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|18–19 September 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2023 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Loss|33–7|align=left| Shamil Mamedov|style="font-size:88%"|6–8|-|Loss|33–6|align=left| Iszmail Muszukajev|style="font-size:88%"|5–6|-|Win|33–5|align=left| Nick Lee|style="font-size:88%"|7–4|-|Win|32–5|align=left| Ștefan Coman|style="font-size:88%"|TF 12–0|-|Win|31–5|align=left| Yanisse Madi|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|30–5|align=left| Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga|style="font-size:88%"|3–1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|13 April 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2023 Asian Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Astana, Kazakhstan|-|Win|29–5|align=left| Ryoma Anraku|style="font-size:88%"|2–1|-|Win|28–5|align=left| Sanzhar Mukhtar|style="font-size:88%"|6–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|27–5|align=left| Yianni Diakomihalis|style="font-size:88%"|5–4|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|December 10–11, 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2022 World Cup|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Coralville, Iowa|-|Win|26–5|align=left| Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu|style="font-size:88%"|5–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|25–5|align=left| Yianni Diakomihalis|style="font-size:88%"|13–8|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|17–18 September 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2022 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Win|24–5|align=left| Haji Aliyev|style="font-size:88%"|9–2|-|Win|23–5|align=left| Adil Ospanov|style="font-size:88%"|TF 13–2|-|Win|22–5|align=left| Iszmail Muszukajev|style="font-size:88%"|6–0|-|Win|21–5|align=left| Yun Jun-sik|style="font-size:88%"|8–1|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|20–5|align=left| Bajrang Punia|style="font-size:88%"|3–1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|23 April 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2022 Asian Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia|-|Win|19–5|align=left| Tseveensürengiin Tsogbadrakh|style="font-size:88%"|6–0|-|Win|18–5|align=left| Kaiki Yamaguchi|style="font-size:88%"|9–0|-|Win|17–5|align=left| Inayat Ullah|style="font-size:88%"|TF 11–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|16–5|align=left| Toshihiro Hasegawa|style="font-size:88%"|5–9|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2 October 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2021 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Oslo, Norway|-|Win|16–4|align=left| Gamzatgadzsi Halidov|style="font-size:88%"|5–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|15–4|align=left| Assyl Aitakyn|style="font-size:88%"|4–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|25–27 June 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2021 Yasar Dogu International|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Istanbul, Turkey|-|Win|14–4|align=left| Münir Recep Aktaş|style="font-size:88%"|8–1|-|Win|13–4|align=left| Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov|style="font-size:88%"|8–6|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|12–4|align=left| Mohammad Ramezanpour|style="font-size:88%"|3–1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|20 May 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2021 Takhi Cup|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Tehran, Iran|-|Win|11–4|align=left| Dariush Gholizadeh|style="font-size:88%"|TF 11–0|-|Win|10–4|align=left| Peyman Nemati|style="font-size:88%"|3–1|-|Win|9–4|align=left| Amir Hossein Khodabakhshi|style="font-size:88%"|6–1|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|8–4|align=left| Reza Atri|style="font-size:88%"|4–6|style="font-size:88%"|9 March 2021|style="font-size:88%"|2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;"| Tehran, Iran|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|8–3|align=left| Uladzislau Andreyeu|style="font-size:88%"|4–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|16 December 2020|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2020 Individual World Cup|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Loss|7–3|align=left| Zaur Uguev|style="font-size:88%"|Fall|-|Win|7–2|align=left| Diamantino Iuna Fafé|style="font-size:88%"|Fall|-|Win|6–2|align=left| Givi Davidovi|style="font-size:88%"|TF 11–0|-|Win|5–2|align=left| Saban Kiziltas|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|4–2|align=left| Erfan Jafarian|style="font-size:88%"|11–2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|6 December 2020|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2020 Iranian Premier League|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Tehran, Iran|-|Win|3–2|align=left| Reza Kharefi Safar|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|2–2|align=left| Alireza Sarlak|style="font-size:88%"|8–10|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|5 November 2020|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2020 Iranian World Team Trials|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Tehran, Iran|-|Win||align=left| Nader Hajaghania|style="font-size:88%"|FF|-|Loss|2–1|align=left| Reza Atri|style="font-size:88%"|4–4|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|2–0|align=left| Younes Sarmasti|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2 October 2020|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2020 Iranian Premier League|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Tehran, Iran|-|Win|1–0|align=left| Ehsan Ranjbar|style="font-size:88%"|TF 12–2|-

Notes and References

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  3. News: 2024-08-11 . Wrestling: Iran's Amouzad takes silver in 2024 Olympics . 2024-08-13 . Tehran Times . en.
  4. Web site: Taylor . Iran Scores Two Champions to Win Cadet World Team Title at #Zagreb2018 . 2021-06-26 . United World Wrestling . 4 July 2018 . en.
  5. News: 2018-05-14 . Iran Winner of Cadet Asian Championships . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210626212240/https://financialtribune.com/articles/sports/86401/iran-winner-of-cadet-asian-championships . 2021-06-26 . 2021-06-26 . Financial Tribune . En.
  6. News: 2019-08-07 . World junior champion says American opponent disrespects Iranian people . 2021-06-26 . Islamic Republic News Agency . en.
  7. Web site: 2020-07-04 . fa:اعضای تیم کشتی دانشگاه آزاد مشخص شدند . https://www.irna.ir/news/83843885/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF . 2024-08-14 . fa:ایرنا . fa.
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  10. News: Iranian wrestler wins World Championship bronze . 2021-06-26 . Iran Press . en.
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  14. Web site: islamic . Site Wrestling Federation Iran republic . Iran Captures 3 gold Medals in Oslo FS World Championships, the Best Result During Last 60 Years . 2024-08-14 . Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation.
  15. News: 2022-04-23 . Iranian freestylers take three gold in Asian C'ships . 2024-08-15 . Tehran Times . en.
  16. News: 2022-09-18 . Freestyler Rahman Amouzad wins wrestling worlds . 2024-08-15 . Tehran Times . en.
  17. News: Amouzad wins gold in Belgrade wrestling championship . 2024-08-15 . Iran Press . en.
  18. News: Kyle Snyder clinches World Cup crown for Team USA . 2024-08-15 . The Gazette . Cedar Rapids . en-US.

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