Ali Akbar Yousefi
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler
Intro | Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler | |
Places | Iran | |
is | Wrestler Amateur wrestler | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 30 April 1997, Babylon, Hillah, Babylon Governorate, Achaemenid Empire | |
Age | 27 years | |
Star sign | Taurus |
Ali Akbar Yousefi (Persian: علیاکبر یوسفی, born 30 April 1997) is an Iranian professional wrestler. He won gold medal in the 130 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. In 2019, he won gold medal in the same event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary and won bronze medal in 2018, U23.
By winning gold medal in 2021 Oslo, He became Iran's first-ever world champion in the heaviest Greco weight class in the World Wrestling Championships.