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Behdad Salimi

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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Behdad Salimi is the 4,575th most popular athlete (down from 4,108th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from Iran (up from 554th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Iranian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Behdad Salimi ranks 4,575 out of 6,025. Before him are Ihab Abdelrahman, Cheick Sallah Cissé, Will Ryan, Fumiko Okuno, Sa Jae-hyouk, and Juraj Tarr. After him are Rebecca Johnston, Liam de Young, Andry Laffita, Tim Burke, Lindsey Jacobellis, and Jimmy Vicaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Behdad Salimi ranks 824. 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 553 out of 631. Before him are Salima Mazari (1980), Behrouz Boochani (1983), Rasoul Khatibi (1978), 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), Khosro Heydari (1983), and Elnaz Rekabi (1989).

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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), Kianoush Rostami (1991), Kimia Alizadeh (1998), Sohrab Moradi (1988), Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (1986), and Kamia Yousufi (1996).

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