Sabah Shariati

Sabah Shariati

Personal information
Nationality	Iranian/Azerbaijan
Born	January 1, 1989 Sanandaj, Iran
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	−130 kg (−287 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Style	Greco-Roman
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 130 kg European Games 2015 Baku 130 kg

Sabah Saleh oghlu Shariati (Persian: صباح شریعتی‎‎, Azerbaijani: Sabah Şəriəti; born in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian-born naturalized Azerbaijani wrestler competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won bronze medal of Rio Olympics in presence of the bests of 130 kg Greco Roman style such as Lopez from Cuba and Riza Kayaalp from Turkey.

Career in Iran

He won an Iranian national youth medal in 2005 freestyle competitions. Representing Iran, in 2009 he won the 120 kg Greco Roman gold medal in Baku's international tournament.^[1]

References

1. http://parsfootball.com/fa/100291/%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88/

• Sabah Shariati at rio2016