Hassan Yazdani

Hassan Yazdani Charati (Persian: حسن یزدانی چراتی; born 26 December 1994) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. Yazdani is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling in two weight categories. He became Olympic champion in the 74kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics after defeating Russian wrestler Aniuar Geduev in the final. The following year he became World Champion at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in the Men's freestyle 86 kg category. He won his second world title at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan and third at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Norway. Hasan Yazdani has been the sportsman of the year and the best wrestler of Iran several times

Hassan Yazdani

Yazdani at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native name	حسن یزدانی چَراتی
Full name	Hassan Yazdani Charati
Nickname(s)	The Greatest The Lion King
Born	(1994-12-26) December 26, 1994 (age 30) Juybar, Mazandaran, Iran[1]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Turned pro	2014
Coached by	Hemmat Moslemi Mahmoud Esmaeilpour Mohammad Talaei Rasoul Khadem Gholamreza Mohammadi Pejman Dorostkar
Medal record Representing  Iran Men's Freestyle Wrestling Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 2 0 World Championships 3 3 1 Asian Games 2 0 0 Asian Championships 2 0 0 World Cup 3 0 0 World Junior Championships 1 0 0 Asian Junior Championships 1 0 0 World Cadet Championships 0 1 0 Asian Cadet Championships 0 0 1 Other 7 2 0 Total 20 8 2 Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Iran Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 74 kg 2020 Tokyo 86 kg 2024 Paris 86 kg World Championships 2017 Paris 86 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 86 kg 2021 Oslo 86 kg 2015 Las Vegas 70 kg 2022 Belgrade 86 kg 2023 Belgrade 86 kg 2018 Budapest 86 kg World Cup 2015 Los Angeles 70 kg 2016 Los Angeles 74 kg 2017 Kermanshah 86 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 86 kg 2022 Hangzhou 86 kg Asian Championships 2018 Bishkek 86 kg 2021 Almaty 86 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 86 kg Grand Prix 2015 Kermanshah 70 kg 2015 Paris 70 kg 2022 Almaty 86 kg 2023 Zagreb 86 kg 2019 Russe 86 kg 2024 Budapest 86 kg 2016 Minsk 74 kg 2016 Paris 74 kg

Career

Yazdani celebrates after defeating Aniuar Geduev of Russia during the Men's 74kg Gold Medal Wrestling match of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

Yazdani earned a gold medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships in the 66 kg division, by defeating his American opponent Aaron Pico in the final.^[2] The following year, he placed second at the Senior World Championships, losing to Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov of Russia in the finals by a score of 10–3.

After bumping up to 74 kg. Yazdani claimed gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, defeating Aniuar Geduev 6–6 with criteria by scoring the final points.

After once again bumping up in weight, Yazdani won gold at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in the 86 kg division. He defeated former Olympic gold medalist Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan with a score of 11-0 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Selim Yaşar of Turkey with the same score en route to becoming champion.

In July 2017, Yazdani won the Iran Freestyle Wrestling Nationals at 86 kg, defeating Alireza Karimi 5-0 on his path to victory. This gained him a place at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris. In 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, Hassan Yazdani participated in 86 kg. He became the champion with decisive wins, 4 out of 5 matches including the final with technical superiority. In the entire championship, Yazdani gave out only two points. Right after the matches, he stated that he "came to Paris for a decisive gold, with no ifs or buts".^[3]

He lost to American David Taylor in the men's 86 kg final at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He then scored his first win against Taylor in the final of the men's 86 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.

Yazdani won the final by walkover at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category, against India's Deepak Punia, a wrestler that "idolises Yazdani".^[4] Yazdani faced Punia next in the wrestling competition at the 2022 Asian Games – in the Men's freestyle 86 kg final, where Yazdani beat Punia 10-0 in a one-sided match.^[5]

Yazdani won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[6][7] He lost to his rival David Taylor in the final.

He again won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He lost to his arch-rival David Taylor for the fifth time, now trailing 1–5 in their head-to-head(with a controversial win because of challenge on yazdani's initial throw of 4 being reversed ).^[8] He won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.^[9]

He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[10]

Achievements

• Olympic Games – 2016, 2020, 2024
• World Championships – 2017, 2019, 2021 2015, 2022, 2023 2018
• World Cup – 2015, 2016, 2017
• World Junior Championship – 2014
• Asian Junior Championship – 2014
• World Cadet Championship – 2011
• Asian Cadet Championship – 2011
• Asian Games – 2018, 2022
• Asian Championships – 2018, 2021
• Islamic Solidarity Games – 2017
• Takhti Cup – 2015
• Dan Kolov Tournament – 2019
• Paris Tournament – 2015, 2016
• Aleksandr Medved Prizes – 2016

Senior career results

Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
Gold Medal at 86 kg
Win	128-8	Trent Hidlay (USA)	12-2	8 June 2024	2024 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament	Budapest
Win	127-8	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	10-0
Win	126-8	Hayato Ishiguro (JPN)	12-2
Win	125-8	Ethan Ramos (PUR)	13-2
Gold Medal at 86 kg
Win	124-8	Deepak Punia (IND)	10-0	7 October 2023	2022 Asian Games	Hangzhou
Win	123-8	Byambasürengiin Bat-Erdene (MGL)	10-0
Win	122-8	Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow (TKM)	10-0
Win	121-8	Mukhammad Abdullaev (KGZ)	10-0
Silver Medal at 86 kg[11]
Loss	120-8	David Taylor (USA)	3-9, Fall	17 September 2023	2023 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	120-7	Javrail Shapiev (UZB)	10-0	16 September 2023
Win	119-7	Myles Amine (SMR)	7-2
Win	118-7	Byambasürengiin Bat-Erdene (MGL)	11-0
Win	117-7	Jayden Lawrence (AUS)	8-2, Fall
Gold Medal at 86 kg
Win	116-7	Hayato Ishiguro (JPN)	13-2	1 February 2023	2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open	Zagreb
Win	115-7	Mark Hall (USA)	10-0
Win	114-7	Abubakr Abakarov (AZE)	11-0
Win	113-7	Sebastian Jezierzanski (POL)	10-0
Silver Medal at 86 kg
Loss	112-7	David Taylor (USA)	1-7	16 September 2022	2022 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	112-6	Boris Makojev (SVK)	10-0	15 September 2022
Win	111-6	Sebastian Jezierzanski (POL)	11-0
Win	110-6	Ivan Ichizli (MDA)	10-0
Gold Medal at 86 kg
Win	109-6	Boris Makojev (SVK)	11-0	5 June 2022	2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup	Almaty
Win	108-6	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	12-1
Win	107-6	Fatih Erdin (TUR)	12-0
Gold Medal at 86 kg
Win	106–6	David Taylor (USA)	6–2	3 October 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo
Win	105–6	Artur Naifonov (RWF)	8–2	2 October 2021
Win	104–6	Ethan Ramos (PUR)	10–0
Win	103–6	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	12–2
Silver Medal at 86 kg
Loss	102–6	David Taylor (USA)	3–4	5 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo
Win	102–5	Artur Naifonov (ROC)	7–1	4 August 2021
Win	101–5	Stefan Reichmuth (SUI)	12–1
Win	100–5	Javrail Shapiev (UZB)	11–2
Gold Medal at 86 kg
Win	99–5	Deepak Punia (IND)	10–0	18 April 2021	2021 Asian Championships	Almaty
Win	98–5	Mustafa Abdul-Basit (IRQ)	10–0
Win	97–5	Hayato Ishiguro (JPN)	10–0
Winners at 86 kg
Win	96–5	Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)	5–2	9 March 2021	2020 Iran Olympic Trials	Tehran
1st Place (with Iran-Mall Club) at 86 kg
Win	95–5	Sajjad Gholami (IRI)	11–1	17 December 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran
Win	94–5	Morteza Mirzaei (IRI)	10–0
Win	93–5	Arash Nayyerabadi (IRI)	11–0	10 December 2020
Win	92–5	Alireza Karimi (IRI)	10–0	9 December 2020
Win	91–5	Alireza Karimi (IRI)	13–0	6 October 2020
Winners at 86 kg
Win	90–5	Ahmad Bazrighaleh (IRI)	11–0	5 November 2020	2020 Iran World Team Trials	Tehran
4th Place (with #Ta Sabt Jahani Tous Club) at 86 kg[12]
Win	89–5	Reza Bayat (IRI)	10–0	22 November 2019	2019 Iranian Premier League	Tehran
Win	88–5	Ali Mojerloo (IRI)	11–1
Win	87–5	Hossein Shahbazi (IRI) (92 kg)	10–0	8 November 2019		Mashhad
Win	86–5	Mersad Marghzari (IRI)	10–0	7 November 2019
Gold Medal at 86 kg[13]
Win		Deepak Punia (IND)	Walkover	22 September 2019	2019 World Championships	Nur-Sultan
Win	85–5	Myles Amine (SMR)	11–0	21 September 2019
Win	84–5	Artur Naifonov (RUS)	4–2, Fall
Win	83–5	István Veréb (HUN)	9–2, Fall
Win	82–5	Jaime Espinal (PUR)	10–0
Winners at 86 kg[14]
Win	81–5	Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)	6–3	28 June 2019	2019 Iran World Team Trials	Tehran
Gold Medal at 86 kg[15]
Win	80–5	Ali Shabanau (BLR)	16–5	3 March 2019	2019 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament	Ruse
Win	79–5	Boris Makojev (SVK)	11–1	2 March 2019
Win	78–5	Ruslan Abdulaev (RUS)	11–0
Win	77–5	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	10–0
Win	76–5	Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)	10–0
Win	75–5	Domenic Abounader (LBN)	11–0
Bronze Medal at 86 kg[16]
Win	74–5	Dauren Kurugliev (RUS)	11–5	21 October 2018	2018 World Championships	Budapest
Win	73–5	Yurieski Torreblanca (CUB)	10–0
Win	72–5	Hajy Rajabau (BLR)	10–0
Loss	71–5	David Taylor (USA)	6–11	20 October 2018
Gold Medal at 86 kg[17]
Win	71–4	Domenic Abounader (LBN)	10–0	19 August 2018	2018 Asian Games	Jakarta
Win	70–4	Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL)	12–2
Win	69–4	Pawan Kumar (IND)	11–0
Win	68–4	Fahriansyah (INA)	10–0
Winners at 86 kg
Win	67–4	Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)	8–2	10 May 2018	2018 Iran World Team Trials	Tehran
Win	66–4	Hamed Ashegh Hoseini (IRI)	13–0
Win	65–4	Ahmad Bazrighaleh (IRI)	8–0
Gold Medal at 86 kg[18]
Win	64–4	Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL)	10–0	4 March 2018	2018 Asian Championships	Bishkek
Win	63–4	Javrail Shapiev (UZB)	13–0
Win	62–4	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	12–2
Gold Medal at 86 kg[19]
Win	61–4	Boris Makojev (SVK)	10–0	25 August 2017	2017 World Championships	Paris
Win	60–4	Vladislav Valiev (RUS)	4–0
Win	59–4	Aleksandr Qostiyev (AZE)	10–0
Win	58–4	Piotr Ianulov (MDA)	10–0
Win	57–4	Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)	12–2
Winners at 86 kg[20]
Win	56–4	Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	12–2	7 July 2017	2017 Iran World Team Trials	Tehran
Win		Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi (IRI)	Walkover
Win	55–4	Alireza Karimi (IRI)	5–0
Win	54–4	Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	11–0
Win	53–4	Esmaeil Mahmoudi (IRI)	10–0
Win	52–4	Hanif Bagherzadeh (IRI)	10–0
Gold Medal at 86 kg[21]
Win	51–4	Selim Yaşar (TUR)	11–0	20 May 2017	2017 Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku
Win	50–4	Sharif Sharifov (AZE)	11–0
Win	49–4	Bakhodur Kadirov (TJK)	10–0
Gold Medal (with Iran) at 86 kg[22]
Loss	48–4	David Taylor (USA)	4–8, Fall	17 February 2017	2017 World Cup	Kermanshah
Win	48–3	Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	11–2
Win	47–3	Serdar Böke (TUR)	11–1	16 February 2017
Gold Medal at 74 kg[23]
Win	46–3	Aniuar Geduev (RUS)	6–6	19 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro
Win	45–3	Galymzhan Usserbayev (KAZ)	10–0
Win	44–3	Soner Demirtaş (TUR)	7–0
Win	43–3	Asnage Castelly (HAI)	10–0
Gold Medal (with Iran) at 74 kg[24]
Win	42–3	Khetag Tsabolov (RUS)	14–4	12 June 2016	2016 World Cup	Los Angeles
Win	41–3	Alex Dieringer (USA)	10–0
Win	40–3	Parveen Rana (IND)	12–2	11 June 2016
Win	39–3	Ashraf Aliyev (AZE)	9–5
Winners at 74 kg[25]
Win	38–3	Mostafa Hosseinkhani (IRI)	2–0	15 April 2016	2016 Iran Olympic Trials	Tehran
Win	37–3	Mostafa Hosseinkhani (IRI)	5–1
Silver Medal at 74 kg[26]
Loss	36–3	Khetag Tsabolov (RUS)	2–2, Fall	18 February 2016	2016 Aleksandr Medved's Prizes	Minsk
Win	36–2	Arsalan Budazhapov (RUS)	8–1
Win	35–2	Soner Demirtaş (TUR)	12–2
Win	34–2	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	10–5
Win	33–2	Tajudin Akaev (RUS)	10–4
Win	32–2	Martin Obst (GER)	10–0
Silver Medal at 74 kg[27]
Loss	31–2	Ali Shabanau (BLR)	6–6	30 January 2016	2016 Paris Tournament	Paris
Win	31–1	Alireza Ghasemi (IRI)	8–0
Win	30–1	Alberto Martínez (ESP)	10–0, Fall
Win	29–1	Chris Perry (USA)	9–4
Silver Medal at 70 kg[11]
Loss	28–1	Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS)	3–10	12 September 2015	2015 World Championships	Las Vegas
Win	28–0	James Green (USA)	9–4
Win	27–0	Davit Tlashadze (GEO)	6–0, Fall
Win	26–0	Miroslav Kirov (BUL)	6–1, Fall
Win	25–0	Jung Young-ho (KOR)	16–4
Winners at 70 kg[28]
Win		Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	Walkover	12 June 2015	2015 Iran World Team Trials	Mashhad
Win	24–0	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	6–4
Win	23–0	Iman Rahmanizadeh (IRI)	10–0	11 June 2015
Win	22–0	Masoud Kamarvand (IRI)	11–0
Win	21–0	Morteza Goudarzi (IRI)	10–0
Gold Medal (with Iran) at 70 kg[29]
Win	20–0	Nick Marable (USA)	3–1	12 April 2015	2015 World Cup	Los Angeles
Win	19–0	Ruslan Dibirgadjiyev (AZE)	10–8
Win	18–0	Zhan Safian (BLR)	12–1	11 April 2015
Gold Medal at 70 kg[30]
Win	17–0	Iman Rahmanizadeh (IRI)	11–0	13 February 2015	2015 Takhti Cup	Kermanshah
Win	16–0	Alexander Jachvadze (GEO)	8–2, Fall
Win	15–0	Abbas Yazdani (IRI)	11–0
Win	14–0	Kamran Yunusov (AZE)	13–2
Gold Medal at 70 kg[31]
Win	13–0	Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL)	8–0	1 February 2015	2015 Paris Grand Prix	Paris
Win	12–0	Adam Hall (USA)	11–0
Win	11–0	Giorgi Jikuri (GEO)	13–2
Win	10–0	Arkadiusz Szeja (POL)	2–0, Fall
5th Place (with Kefayati Club) at 70 kg[32]
Win	9–0	Gantulgyn Iderkhüü (MGL)	11–1, Fall	28 November 2014	2014 World Clubs Cup	Jouybar
Win	8–0	Morteza Goudarzi (IRI)	11–0, Fall
Win	7–0	Andy Moreno (CUB)	10–0	27 November 2014
Win	6–0	Cédric Nimpagaritse (BDI)	10–0
4th Place (with Gaz Mazandaran Club) at 70 kg[33]
Win	5–0	Khetag Tsabolov (RUS)	19–10	31 October 2014	2014 Iranian Premier League	Hamedan
Win	4–0	Mostafa Sheikh-Chalandar (IRI)	14–3, Fall	30 October 2014
Win	3–0	Nima Elahi (IRI)	11–0
Win	2–0	Masoud Kamarvand (IRI)	4–2
Win	1–0	Hamid Reza Zarinpeikar (IRI)	7–0