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Behdad Salimi

1989 - Today

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Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی كردآسیابی, born 8 December 1989) is former Iranian heavyweight weightlifter. He won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, 2010–2018 Asian Games, 2010 and 2011 World Championships and 2009–2012 Asian Championships. He served as the flag bearer for Iran at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Behdad Salimi is the 5,172nd most popular athlete (down from 4,114th in 2024), the 590th most popular biography from Iran (down from 554th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Iranian Athlete.

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Among people born in 1989, Behdad Salimi ranks 855. Before him are Nick Viergever, Nejc Skubic, Bae Geu-rin, Danny Williams, Ihab Abdelrahman, and Mohamed Amsif. After him are Rebecca Johnston, Zion.T, Sunye, Kana Osafune, İsmail Köybaşı, and Cédric Mongongu.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Behdad Salimi ranks 590 out of 631. Before him are Behrouz Boochani (1983), Rasoul Khatibi (1978), Mehdi Pashazadeh (1973), Salim Ghazi Saeedi (1981), Brwa Nouri (1987), and Javad Kazemian (1981). After him are Alireza Haghighi (1988), Amir Abedzadeh (1993), Nazanin Afshin-Jam (1979), Omid Ebrahimi (1987), Toomaj Salehi (1990), and Negar Javaherian (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Iran

Among athletes born in Iran, Behdad Salimi ranks 9. Before him are Mahmoud Namjoo (1918), Bahman Golbarnezhad (1968), Hadi Saei (1976), Javad Foroughi (1979), Zahra Nemati (1985), and Ehsan Haddadi (1985). After him are Elnaz Rekabi (1989), Mohammad Hadi Saravi (1998), Kianoush Rostami (1991), Kimia Alizadeh (1998), Sohrab Moradi (1988), and Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (1986).

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