Hassan Rangraz (born March 21, 1980) is a former wrestler, coach and sports manager from Iran.  He is the head coach of Iran's national wrestling team and the official instructor of the United World Wrestling.

Hassan Rangraz
Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)
Noshahr, Iran
Sport
CountryIran
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
Now coachingIran National Greco-Roman Wrestling (2023–present)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Patras 54 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow 55 kg
World Junior Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bucharest 54 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Ulaanbaatar 54 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Seoul 54 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Almaty 55 kg

Rangraz, as a phenomenon of wrestling in Iran and the world, in the 2001 World Wrestling Championship, with a decisive victory against their opponents and contenders such as Cuban Lazaro Rivas, silver medal winner of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and American Brandon Pelson, silver winner of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, for the first time after the Islamic Revolution.  won the world gold medal for Iranian wrestling.  He also won the bronze medal at the 2002 World Championship and the gold medal at the World University Championship the following year, and was selected by Fila as the most technical freestyle wrestler in the world in 2001 and 2002, which holds the record for winning this award.  In 2002, Rangraz was recognized as the country's sportsman of the year and in 2003, the sportsman of the year was.

Other work edit

Education edit

  • Bachelor of Public Administration - Islamic Azad University, Chalous branch.
  • Master's degree in political science - Islamic Azad University, Chalous branch.
  • Master's degree in physical education and sports science, management and planning in sports - University of Tehran.
  • Ph.D. in Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Department of Sports Management and Planning, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Branch, Tehran.

Work experiencc edit

  • In 2013, Hassan Rengarz was elected as the vice president of the Asian Wrestling Council.
  • On 29 September 2019, Rengarz was appointed as the General Director of Sports and Youth of Mazandaran.

References edit

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hassan Rangraz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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Awards
Preceded by Iran Sportsperson of the year
2001
Succeeded by