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Iranian freestyle wrestler

Younes Emami
Personal information
Native name Yones Emami Choghaei
Nationality Iran
Born (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27)Dehvand, Delfan County, Iran
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Website Official Instagram Profile
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Wrestling
Weight class 74 kg
Event Freestyle
Coached by Taghi AkbarnejadGholamreza Mohammadi Pejman Dorostkar
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing Iran World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 70 kg Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 74 kg Asian Games Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 74 kg Asian Championships Gold medal – first place 2022 Ulaanbaatar 74 kg Bronze medal – third place 2019 Xi'an 70 kg Olympic Qualification Tournament Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty 74 kg Grand Prix Gold medal – first place 2022 Tunisia 74 kg Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb 74 kg World U23 Championships Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 65 kg World Junior Championships Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tampere 60 kg Asian Junior Championships Silver medal – second place 2017 Taichung 60 kg World Cadets Championships Silver medal – second place 2013 Zrenjanin 42 kg Asian Cadets Championships Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ulaanbaatar 42 kg

Yones Emami (Persian: یونس امامی, born 30 March 1997 in Dehvand) is an Iranian wrestler.[1] He won two Bronze medal at the 2019 and 2022 World Wrestling Championships.[2][3]

He won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[4]

He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Iran for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5]

References

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  1. ^ jeandaniel. "World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  2. ^ jeandaniel. "World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  3. ^ Iveson, Ali (17 September 2022). "Dake and Ghasempour retain wrestling world titles in Belgrade". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
vteAsian Games Champions in Wrestling – Men's Freestyle Welterweight
1954–1958: 73 kg • 1962–1966: 78 kg • 1970–1994: 74 kg • 1998: 76 kg • 2002–present: 74 kg
1954: Yutaka Kaneko (JPN) 1958: Yutaka Kaneko (JPN) 1962: Yutaka Kaneko (JPN) 1966: Muhammad Bashir (PAK) 1970: Toshitada Yoshida (JPN) 1974: Mansour Barzegar (IRN) 1978: Rajinder Singh (IND) 1982: Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (IRN) 1986: Han Myung-woo (KOR) 1990: Behrouz Yari (IRN) 1994: Behrouz Yari (IRI) 1998: Moon Eui-jae (KOR) 2002: Cho Byung-kwan (KOR) 2006: Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI) 2010: Sadegh Goudarzi (IRI) 2014: Rashid Kurbanov (UZB) 2018: Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB) 2022: Younes Emami (IRI)
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