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Navab Nassirshalal

1989 - Today

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Navab Nassirshalal (also spelled Nasirshelal, Persian: نواب نصیرشلال, pronounced [nævˈvɒːb-e næsiːrʃæˈlɒːl]; born 1 April 1989) is an Iranian retired weightlifter who won a gold medal in the men's 105 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He began weightlifting at the age of 15 and has also won a bronze medal in the 94 kg class snatch at the 2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships, silver in the 94 kg clean and jerk and bronze overall at the 2009 edition, and gold in the 105 kg category in 2012 (after Oleksiy Torokhtiy was subsequently disqualified in 2019). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Navab Nassirshalal is the 7,388th most popular athlete, the 681st most popular biography from Iran and the 28th most popular Iranian Athlete.

Navab Nassirshalal is most famous for being an Iranian weightlifter who has competed at international levels, representing Iran in various competitions. He was born in 1989 and has made significant contributions to the sport of weightlifting in his country.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Navab Nassirshalal ranks 7,388 out of 6,025. Before him are Scott Brash, Luis Javier Mosquera, Robert Meeuwsen, Antoine Adams, Juul Franssen, and Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar. After him are Alexis Raynaud, Danilo Barthel, LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Kiran Badloe, Tatiana Weston-Webb, and Yahel Castillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Navab Nassirshalal ranks 1,559. Before him are Meng Suping, Diego Rodríguez, Adrián Gunino, Kohei Shimizu, Néstor Vidrio, and Daisuke Watabe. After him are Dmitry Khvostov, Frederik Andersen, Zaven Badoyan, Cedric Alexander, Sam Tsui, and Chloë Agnew.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Navab Nassirshalal ranks 681 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (1989), Kamal Kamyabinia (1989), Nahid Kiani (1998), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (2000), Peyman Keshavarzi (1995), and Amin Mirzazadeh (1998). After him are Ehsan Lashgari (1985), Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (2001), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (1992), Abolfazl Jalali (1998), Arsalan Kazemi (1990), and Farshad Ahmadzadeh (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In Iran

Among athletes born in Iran, Navab Nassirshalal ranks 28. Before him are Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (1983), Masoud Mostafa-Jokar (1977), Sadegh Goudarzi (1987), Mohammad Mousavi (1987), Nahid Kiani (1998), and Amin Mirzazadeh (1998). After him are Ali Davoudi (1999), Saeid Mohammadpour (1993), Hassan Taftian (1993), Sajjad Ganjzadeh (1992), Saeid Esmaeili (2003), and Alireza Mohmadi (2002).

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