Pouya Rahmani

Pouya Rahmani (Persian: پویا رحمانی‎, born July 27, 1992 in Amol) is an Iranian wrestler who competes in Beach wrestling field.

Pouya Rahmani
Personal information
Full namePouya Rahmani
Nickname(s)Iranian Eagle
Nationality Iran
Born (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992
Amol، Mazandaran، Iran
OccupationWrestler
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight125 Kg (275 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportFreestyle Wrestling - Beach Wrestling
Coached byMohsen Kaveh
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingGold medal at World Beach Games 2019, Doha
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Beach Wrestling
World Beach Games
Doha 2019 +90 kg
World Beach Wrestling Championships
Dalyan 2017 +90 kg

Pouya Rahmani is the first gold medalist in Iran's sport history at the World Beach Games, won a gold medal at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha.[1][2][3][4] In less than four hours, he defeated six opponents, who led the admiration of Nenad Lalović, chairman of the United World Wrestling.[5]

Major Achievement

World Beach Games
  • 2017: Dalyan, Turkey

Pouya Rahmani defeated his opponent at final +90 kg and earned gold medal.[6][7]

World Beach Wrestling Championships

At the 90+ Kg competition of the beach wrestling, in Group A, Rahmani was able to pass over Ufuk Yilmaz of Turkey 3-0. In next battle, he defeated Jose Albino of Brazil 4-0. In the third fight, he defeated Diante Cooper of US 3-0 and then Ionnis Kargiotakis of Greece 3-1 and as first one advanced to semi-final.

Rahmani at the semi final, passed over of Oyan Nazariani of Armenia 3-0 and went to final. At the final stage, again, he defeated Yilmaz of Turkey 3-0 and brought the first gold medal in the Iranian convoy.[8]

References
  1. "Iran's Rahmani wins gold at beach wrestling". Tehran Times. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  2. 张涵. "In pics: men's beach wrestling over 90kg at 1st ANOC World Beach Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. "Freestyle wrestling - Pouya Rahmani (Iran)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. "News - Olympic Council of Asia". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. "خبرگزاری فارس - بازیهای جهانی ساحلی| کشتی های رحمانی تحسین لالوویچ را برانگیخت". خبرگزاری فارس. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. "ایران قهرمان پیکارهای کشتی ساحلی جهان شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  7. "کشتی ساحلی 2017 جهان - ایران به مقام قهرمانی دست یافت". پایگاه خبری اخبار کشتی ایران. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  8. "Blessing Joy for Nigeria as claim first gold medal at ANOC World Beach Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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