Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlerOlympic Games2012 London55 kgWorld Championships2005 Budapest55 kg2006 Guangzhou55 kg2007 Baku55 kg2009 Herning55 kg2010 Moscow55 kg2014 Tashkent59 kgAsian Championships2007 Bishkek55 kg2008 Jeju City55 kg

Hamid Sourian Reihanpour (Persian: حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور, born 24 August 1985) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a six-time World Champion. Sourian won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian gold medalist. Sourian won the gold medal in the 55:kg Greco-Roman compe*ion at the 2012 Summer Olympics. According to his championships in the world and the Olympics, he is known as " 7 Star General " (ژنرال هفت ستاره)

Contents

• 1 Summer Olympics 2008
• 2 Summer Olympics 2012
• 3 Summer Olympics 2016
• 4 International compe*ion record
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Summer Olympics 2008

Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55:kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria.

Summer Olympics 2012

On 5 August 2012, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov in the 55:kg final.

Summer Olympics 2016

After failing to qualify for the World Championship games and Continental Qualifier, on 3 May 2016 Sourian entered the second of the two worldwide qualification tournaments for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Turkey after failing to overcome Ivo Angelov from Bulgaria in Mongolia.

On May 5, Aleksandr Karelin posted a photo of Sourian on his Instagram page, wishing him success by writing: "You are the best and I wish you the best in the last 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament. Believe you can and you will."

On May 7, Sourian finished first in the tournament and secured his ticket for Rio.

On the 14th of August, he was defeated by Shinobu Ota from *an in the round of 32. Although leading by 4-0 in the first half of the bout, his energy quickly depleted in the second half and he was defeated by 5-6 in the end. His next match was against Almat Kebispayev from Kazakistan in the repechage round. Again he was comfortably in the lead by 7-0 in the first half and then only needed one point for victory in the second, but his energy levels dropped towards the end and he lost the bout. This was his last appearance in Rio and his tournament was brought to a surprising end.

International compe*ion record

Sourian during 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

References

External links

• Hamid Sourian at United World Wrestling
• Hamid Sourian at Olympedia