Rashid Sharifi

Rashid Sharifi Sadeh (Persian: رشید شریفی سده‎‎, born September 21, 1984 in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category.

At the 2007 World Championships, he ranked 8th with a total of 410 kg.

He won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 426 kg and 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 440 kg, but he lost this medal because he tested positive for doping.

After retirement of the Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh, he succeeded him representing Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to his poor test results he was placed at group B of the competitions and managed to score the first among participants without getting any medals.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2008	Beijing, China	+105 kg	188	192	196	6	230	238	238	7	426	6
World Championships
2007	Chiang Mai, Thailand	+105 kg	180	188	188	13	220	230	235	8	410	8
Asian Championships
2008	Kanazawa, Japan	+105 kg	180	190	190	01 !	220	230	236	01 !	426	01 !
2009	Taldykorgan, kazakhstan	+105 kg	192	200	200	DSQ	230	240	246	DSQ	---	DSQ
2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	+105 kg	185	191	197	01 !	220	226	232	02 !	417	01 !
World Junior Championships
2004	Minsk, Belarus	+105 kg	172.5	172.5	172.5	03 !	207.5	207.5	207.5	--	--	--

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