Saeed Alihosseini
Alihosseini at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native nameسعید علی‌حسینی
NationalityIranian
Born (1988-02-02) 2 February 1988
Ardabil, Iran
EducationPh.D. in sports physiology[1]
Alma materUniversity of Mohaghegh Ardabili[1]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight166.50 kg (367 lb)[2]
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event+109 kg
Coached byAziz Alihosseini
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 208 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 251 kg (2017)
  • Total: 456 kg (2018)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Anaheim+105 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta+105 kg
2018 Asian Games podium, Left-right: Alihosseini, Salimi, Djangabaev

Saeid Alihosseini (Persian: سعيد علی حسينی, born 2 February 1988) is a former Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter. He failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009; the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years; in 2011, the ban was reduced to eight years.

Weightlifting career

Doping ban

Saeid had failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009;[3] the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years.[4] In 2011, after it was discovered that his coach (who had been banned himself) was doping his athletes without their knowledge, the ban was reduced to eight years.[5]

World Championships

In 2017 he was eligible to return to international competition, and competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He won bronze medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, and after his teammate Behdad Salimi had his final clean and jerk overturned by the jury[6] Saeid won the silver medal.[7]

In 2018 Saeid was originally going to compete at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, but an injury forced him to withdraw from the competition.[8][9]

Retirement

In November 2019, Alihosseini announced his retirement from the sport after losing hope of competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[10]

Major Results

Major results:[2][11][12]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2017United States Anaheim, United States+105 kg2032032033rd place, bronze medalist(s)2362432513rd place, bronze medalist(s)4542nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia+105 kg201201208124024825434562nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2005United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates+105 kg1715--------
2019China Ningbo, China+109 kg170180189920122023363908
World Junior Championships
2006China Hangzhou, China+105 kg1812nd place, silver medalist(s)2152nd place, silver medalist(s)3961st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Junior Championships
2008South Korea Jeonju, South Korea+105 kg206 JWR1st place, gold medalist(s)245 JWR1st place, gold medalist(s)451 JWR1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Interclub Championship
2008South Korea Goyang, South Korea+105 kg2001st place, gold medalist(s)2421st place, gold medalist(s)4421st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alihosseini Saeid". en.asiangames2018.id. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 IWF.net. "Alihosseini Saeid IRI".
  3. ↑ IWF.net. "Doping Sanctions". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. ↑ ESPN (26 October 2011). "Saeid Ali-Hosseini ban cut to 12 years". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Inside The Games (6 December 2017). "Exclusive: Iranian weightlifter says he was inspired by Justin Gatlin after podium finish following eight year ban". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ↑ IWF.net (6 December 2017). "Rio 2016 Olympic champion Talakhadze is the superheavyweight world champion". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Tehran Times (6 December 2017). "Iran's weightlifter Alihosseini wins silver after eight-year doping ban". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Tehran Times (24 September 2018). "Saeid Alihosseini misses 2018 IWF World Championships". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  9. ↑ BarBend (24 September 2018). "Saeid Alihosseini not attending 2018 IWF World Championships". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Saeid Alihosseini (+109kg) announces retirement from weightlifting". barbend.com. 13 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Hosseini Saeid Ali". iwrp.net.
  12. ↑ "9th seniur - 6th Junior Men & Women Asian Interclub Weightlifting championship". Archived from the original on 2012-05-23.
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