Amir Ali Azarpira

Amir Ali Azarpira (Persian: امیرعلی آذرپیرا) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler.

He won gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia and a member of the Iranian national team.

and the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 U20 Asian Wrestling Championships.

Biography

Amir ali Azarpira was born on March 26, 2002, in Tehran, Iran, specifically in the Foulad region. His father, Hamid Azarpira, is a former wrestler.

Professional athletic career

Amir ali Azarpira became familiar with wrestling at the age of 9 through his father, Hamid Azarpira, a former wrestler, and started practicing under his father's supervision. His father was his first coach. He also trained under Mr. Najjarian and Mr. Ismail Ploui. He won his first medals in the cadet and junior categories and joined the national team in the junior category.

The 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships

In the 97 kg event, Amir ali Azarpira defeated Vasil Poliuchanka from Belarus with a score of 5–0 in the first round. In the next round, in the quarterfinals, he defeated Zuriko Ortashvili from Georgia with a score of 5-3 and advanced to the semifinals. Azarpira won against Jonathan AIELLO from the United States with a score of 9–0 in this stage and made it to the final. In the final match, he defeated Rado Lifter, the silver medalist of the U23 European Wrestling Championships from Moldova, with a score of 7-3 and won the gold medal.

The 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships

In the 97 kg event, Amir ali Azarpira defeated Vasyl Sova from Ukraine with a score of 12–2 in the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals. In this round, he defeated Richard Vagh from Hungary with a score of 10-0 and made it to the semifinals. Azarpira won against Ertugrul Agca from Germany with a score of 8–0 in this match and made it to the final. In the final match, he defeated Tanner Sloan from the United States with a score of 5-3 and won the gold medal.

The 2022 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle

In 2022, Amir ali Azarpira was the only national wrestler in the 97 kg event to participate in this international tournament and was able to demonstrate an outstanding performance. He defeated the Japanese team with a score of 13-2 and defeated Batyrbek Tsakulov, the world's runner-up in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, with a score of 10–0 in the team of World Wrestling Stars, which was formed by the United World Wrestling from the world's best wrestlers. With these excellent results, he was exempted from participating in the 1401 Iranian championship, which is the first qualifying stage for the world and Asian championships, along with Ali Savadkuhi. He is also among the national wrestlers selected to participate in the Zagreb Ranking Tournament in Croatia, which will be held from February 12 to 16, 2023.