Kourosh Bagheri

Kourosh Bagheri (Persian: كوروش باقری, born 21 September 1977)^[2] is a former Iranian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Men's 94 kg weight class at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships. Bagheri was also holding the Asian Record of Snatch in 94 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as well as the Asian Record of Total in 94 kg at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships. He was the head coach of Iran's weightlifting team at the London Olympics in summer 2012 in which he coached Iranian weightlifters who won three gold and two silver medals.

Kourosh Bagheri

Personal information
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977 (age 47) Kermanshah, Iran
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93.31 kg (205.7 lb)
Awards	Order of Courage (3rd class)[1]
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	94 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 187.5 kg (2000,OR) Clean and jerk: 222.5 kg (2001) Total: 407.5 kg (2001)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Iran World Championships 2001 Antalya 94 kg Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 94 kg 2002 Busan 94 kg Asian Championships 1999 Wuhan 94 kg 2003 Qinhuangdao 94 kg

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2000	Sydney, Australia	94 kg	180	187.5	190	2	215	220	220	7	402.5	4
World Championships
1999	Athens, Greece	94 kg	175	180	180	5	210	217.5	217.5	11	390	9
2001	Antalya, Turkey	94 kg	185	185	185		215	220	222.5		407.5
2002	Warsaw, Poland	94 kg	177.5	177.5	180	--	210	215	217.5		--	--
2003	Vancouver, Canada	94 kg	175	180	180	9	207.5	207.5	212.5	9	382.5	8
Asian Games
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	94 kg	175			2	202.5			5	377.5
2002	Busan, South Korea	94 kg	175	175	180	3	210	225	--	2	385
Asian Championships
1999	Wuhan, China	94 kg	170				210				380.5
2003	Qinhuangdao, China	94 kg	170				202.5				372.5
World Junior Championships
1996	Warsaw, Poland	83 kg	140	150	152.5	4	172.5	175	175	8	325	4
1997	Cape Town, South Africa	91 kg	155	155	162.5		185	190	197.5	4	352.5