Shahin Nassirinia

Shahin Nassirinia
Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born (1976-02-25) 25 February 1976 (age 48)[1]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight92.89 kg (204.8 lb)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWeightlifting
Event94 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 175 kg (1999)
  • Clean and jerk: 220 kg (2004)
  • Total: 392.5 kg (2004)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Athens 85 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok 85 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Wuhan 85 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Almaty 94 kg
West Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Tehran 83 kg

Shahin Nassirinia (Persian: شاهین نصیری‌نیا, born 25 February 1976 in Shiraz) is an Iranian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but was injured performing his first attempt at the snatch.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 85 kg 175 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2004 Greece Athens, Greece 94 kg 172.5 177.5 177.5 11 215 220 225 2 392.5 4
World Championships
1999 Greece Athens, Greece 85 kg 170 175 177.5 4 205 210 215 1st place, gold medalist(s) 390 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2001 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 85 kg 172.5 172.5 172.5 4 210 210 215 -- -- --
Asian Games
1998 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 85 kg 170 1 210 1 380 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2002 South Korea Busan, South Korea 85 kg 170 170 170 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Asian Championships
1999 China Wuhan, China 85 kg 170 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 1st place, gold medalist(s) 370 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 94 kg 165 4 210 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 375 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
1996 Poland Warsaw, Poland 76 kg 142.5 147.5 150 4 170 180 180 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 327.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shahin Nassiri Nia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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