Navvab Nasirshalal
Navab Nassirshalal at 2012 Summer Olympic
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| Full name | Navab Nassirshalal | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Iran
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April 1, 1989 Ahvaz, Iran |
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| Education | Physical education | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Islamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Iran
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 105 kg | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Melli Haffari Company Ahvaz Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kourosh Bagheri | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Navab Nassirshalal (Persian: نواب نصیرشلال, pronounced [næˈvvɒːb-e næsiːrʃæˈlɒːl]; born 1 April 1989) is an Iranian weightlifter who won a silver medal in the men's 105 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He began weightlifting at the age of 15 and has also won a bronze medal in the 94 kg class snatch at the 2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships, silver in the 94 kg clean and jerk and bronze overall at the 2009 edition, and gold in the 105 kg category in 2012.
Nassirshalal was born on April 1, 1989 in Ahvaz and raised in Masjed Soleyman in the Khuzestan Province of Iran. He started weightlifting because of his father at the age of 15, out of the National Iranian Oil Company club in the oil-rich city of Masjed Soleyman. As of 2012 he was studying physical education at the Islamic Azad University Masjed Soleyman Branch and was coached by Kourosh Bagheri of the Iranian national team, a two-time Asian and 2001 World Champion in the 94 kg division. He is a member of Melli Haffari Company Ahvaz Sports Club.
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