Kamran Ghasempour (Persian: کامران قاسمپور, born 16 Dec 1996) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who competes at 92 kilograms, where he is the reigning World Champion. He is also a two-time Asian Continental champion and a two-time World U23 Champion at 86 kilograms.[1][2]

Kamran Ghasempour
Kamran Ghasempour at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Native nameکامران قاسمپور
NicknameGladiator
Nationality Iran
Born (1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 27)
Jouybar, Mazandaran, Iran
Home townBizaki, Jouybar
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWrestling
Weight class92 kg
Rank1
EventFreestyle
ClubSanaye Mazandaran
Coached byHossein Naghibi
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 92 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 92 kg
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Coralville Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty 92 kg
Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Almaty 92 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 86 kg
World Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zrenjanin 69 kg
Asian Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ulaanbaatar 69 kg

Career edit

He won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Bucharest, Romania and at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 86 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[3][4] He also secured the gold medal in the 92 kg event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[5]

He won the gold medal in the men's 92 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[6][7] He also won the gold medal in the men's 92 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8][9]

Achievements edit

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 Asian Championships Xi'an, China 1st Freestyle 86 kg
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 1st Freestyle 92 kg
2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway 1st Freestyle 92 kg
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 92 kg

Freestyle record edit

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2022 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   for Anbuh sazane Hutan at 92 kg
Win 75–4   Mehdi Hajiluiian 11–0 18 November 2022 2022 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   Tehran
Win 74–4   Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi 2–1
Win 73–4   Ahmad Bazri 8–0 10 November 2022   Qaem Shahr
2022 World Championships   at 92 kg
Win 72–4   J'den Cox 2–0 17 September 2022 2022 World Championships   Belgrade, Serbia
Win 71–4   Miriani Maisuradze 5–0 16 September 2022
Win 70–4   Akhmed Bataev 8–1
Win 69–4   Adlan Viskhanov TF 10–0
2022 Iran World Team Trials   at 92 kg
Win 68–4   Amir Hossein Firouzpour 4–0 10 July 2022 2022 Iranian World Team Trials   Tehran, Iran
2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup   at 92 kg
Win 67–4   Adilet Davlumbayev TF 11–0 6 June 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup   Almaty, Kazakhstan
Win 66–4   Abdimanap Baigenzheyev TF 11–0
Win 65–4   Islyambek Ilyassov 10-0,Fall
Win 64–4   Viky TF 10–0
2021 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   for sanaye mazandaran at 86 kg
Win 63–4   Reza Mozafari 7–2 12 November 2021 2021 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   Sari, Iran
Win 62–4   Arash Nirabadi 7–0 29 October 2021   Juybar, Iran
2021 World Championships   at 92 kg
Win 61–4   Magomed Kurbanov 8–4 4 October 2021 2021 World Championships   Oslo, Norway
Win 60–4   J'den Cox 3–3 3 October 2021
Win 59–4   Irakli Mtsituri 8–1
Win 58–4   Andriy Vlasov 7–0
2021 Iran World Team Trials   at 92 kg
Win 57–4   Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi 4–0 26 September 2021 2021 Iranian World Team Trials   Tehran, Iran
Win 56–4   Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi 3–2
Loss 55–4   Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi 1–2
2021 Asian Championships   at 92 kg
Win 55–3   Tsogtgerel Munkhbaatar TF 10–0 18 April 2021 2021 Asian Continental Championships   Almaty, Kazakhstan
Win 54–3   Rustam Shodiev TF 11–0
Win 53–3   Sanjeet TF 10–0
2021 Iran Olympic Team Trials   at 86 kg
Loss 52–3   Hassan Yazdani 2–5 9 March 2021 2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials   Tehran, Iran
2020 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   for Grand Bazaar at 92 kg
Win   Ali Mojerlou inj 0-0 10–11 December 2020 2020 Imam Memorial Premier Cup
Win 52–2   Mohammad Ali Tabar 4–2
2020 Iran World Cup Trials   at 92 kg
Win 51–2   Arashk Mohebi 6–2 4 November 2020 2020 Iranian Individual World Cup Trials   Tehran, Iran
Win 50–2   Hossein Jalalinejad 6–0
Win 49–2   Hossein Shahbazi 4–0
2020 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   for Grand Bazaar at 86 kg
Win 48–2   Hossein Nouri Safar TF 10–0 6–7 October 2020 2020 Imam Memorial Premier Cup   Tehran, Iran
Win 47–2   Arash Nirabadi 5–1
Win 46–2   Masoud Saedi Safar TF 10–0
2019 Iran Premier League at 86 kg
Win 45–2   Jalal Zaman 2–0 December 2019 2019 Iranian Premier League   Tehran, Iran
Win 44–2   Ali Mojerlou 3–0
2019 World Clubs Cup   for Iran Mall at 86 kg
Win 43–2   Mersad Morghzari TF 11–0 19–20 December 2019 2019 World Clubs Cup   Bojnord, Iran
Win   Deepak Punia inj 0-0
Win 42–2   Alatangalida TF 10–0
Win 41–2   Maisuradze Tarzan 9–0
2019 World U23 Championships   at 86 kg
Win 40–2   Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov 9–3 30 October 2019 2019 World U23 Championships   Bucharest, Romania
Win 39–2   Osman Göçen 4–4 29 October 2019
Win 38–2   Ganbaatar Gankhuyag 3–0
Win 37–2   Krzysztof Sadowik 6–0
Win 36–2   Hovhannes Mkhitaryan 5–0
2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix   at 86 kg
Win 35–2   Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov TF 10–0 10 August 2019 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix of Balavadze and Kartozia   Tbilisi, Georgia
Win 34–2   Tarzan Maisuradze 8–1 9 August 2019
Win 33–2   Sandro Aminashvili TF 11–1
Win 32–2   Ozkhan Abasov TF 10–0
2019 Iran World Team Trials   at 86 kg
Loss 31–2   Hassan Yazdani 3–6 1 July 2019 2019 Iranian World Team Trials   Tehran, Iran
2019 Asian Championships   at 86 kg
Win 31–1   Aligadzhi Gamidgadzhiev TF 10–0 24 April 2019 2019 Asian Continental Championships   Xi'an, China
Win 30–1   Deepak Punia TF 10–0
Win 29–1   Bakhodur Kodirov TF 10–0
2019 Takhti Cup   at 86 kg
Win 28–1   Ahmad Bazri 6–0 7–8 February 2019 2019 Takhi Cup   Kermanshah, Iran
Win 27–1   Masoud Madadi INJ (3–0)
Win 26–1   Mersad Marghzari TF 10–0
Win 25–1   Magomedgadzhi Khatiyev 6–0
2018 World Clubs Cup   for Bimeh Razi at 86 kg
Win 24–1   Andrii Gyka TF 10–0 7 December 2018 2018 World Clubs Cup   Babol, Iran
2018 World U23 Championships   at 86 kg
Win 23–1   Artur Naifonov 4–1 18 November 2018 2018 World U23 Championships   Bucharest, Romania
Win 22–1   Ganbaatar Gankhuyag 4–0 17 November 2018
Win 21–1   Arif Özen TF 10–0
Win 20–1   Lars Schaefle TF 10–0
2018 Iran World Team Trials   at 86 kg
Loss 19–1   Hassan Yazdani 2–8 10 May 2018 2018 Iran World Team Trials   Tehran
Win 19–0   Ahmad Bazri 7–4
Win 18–0   Alireza Karimi 5–0
2018 Ukrainian Memorial   at 86 kg
Win 17–0   Richard Perry 4–1 23–25 February 2018 XXII Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial   Kiev, Ukraine
Win 16–0   Shamil Kudiyamagomedov 6–2
Win 15–0   Stefan Reichmuth 9–0
Win 14–0   Aleksandr Gostiyev 5–3
Win 13–0   Kanan Aliyev TF 11–0
2018 Takhi Cup   at 86 kg
Win 12–0   Ahmet Bilici 5–4 8–9 February 2018 2018 Takhi Cup   Tabriz, Iran
Win 11–0   Osman Göçen 10–4
Win 10–0   Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov 8–5
Win 9–0   Saken Aitzhanov 7–4
2017 Iran Premier League DNP for at 86 kg
Win 8–0   Ezzatollah Akbari 8–6 2017 2017 Iran League   Kiasar
2017 Dmitri Korkin   at 86 kg
Win 7–0   Deepak Punia 6–0 1 October 2017 2017 Dmitri Korkin Grand Prix   Yakutsk, Russia
Win 6–0   Ismail Mahmoudi 2–1
Win 5–0   Solif Dam TF 10–0
2017 Iran Nationals   at 86 kg
Win 4–0   Ezzatollah Akbari 6–0 2017 2017 Iran Nationals   Tehran
Win 3–0   Massoud Madadi 5–4
Win 2–0   Dezi Rupileh Yarmaz Fall
Win 1–0   Hashnamark Rima 5–4

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Medalists (Collated)". China.org.cn. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (24 April 2019). "Iran secure further four men's freestyle gold medals to finish on seven at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ Houston, Michael (4 October 2021). "US claim two golds on third day of Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  8. ^ Iveson, Ali (17 September 2022). "Dake and Ghasempour retain wrestling world titles in Belgrade". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

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