Ali Shabanibengar (Persian: علی شعبانی بنگر, born 18 May 1995) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms.[1] Shabani has claimed the 2021 Asian Continental Championship as well as a bronze medal from the 2018 U23 World Championships.[2][3] He was also the World Championship representative for Iran in 2019 and is a two–time IRI World Team Member.[4]
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| Native name | علی شعبانی | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | علی شعبانی بنگر | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Ali Shabanibengar | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1995 Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm ( 5 ft 11.5 in ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Zahra Yazdani Cherati | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official Instagram Profile | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gholamreza Mohammadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
edit2018–2019
editAfter winning the U23 Iranian World Team Trials,[5] Shabani made his international debut at the 2018 U23 World Championships, where he claimed a bronze medal.[3] In 2019, he competed at the World Championships (Reza Yazdani, who had beaten Shabani was forced to pull out of the event, and as Shabani had been the '19 IRI World Team Trials runner–up, he was a replacement), helped his homeland place first at the Clubs World Cup and also claimed silver from the Yasar Dogu.[6]
2020–2021
editAfter the COVID-19 outbreak slowed down, Shabani competed at the Iranian World Team Trials in November 2020, in an attempt to qualify for the Individual World Cup. After notably defeating Mojtaba Goleij, he went on to violently upset the dominant Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian twice in a row to claim the spot, although he ended up not being sent to the Individual World Cup.[7]
To start off 2021, Shabani claimed the Asian Continental Championship.[2] Days before, Mohammadian qualified the weight for the 2020 Summer Olympics for Iran with a dominant run at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8] The Iranian Wrestling Federation decided that the Poland Open (which took place on June 8) would decide the country's representative at the Summer Olympics, contested between Shabani, Alireza Karimi and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian.[9][10] After wins over '19 World Championship medalist Magomedgadzhi Nurov and multiple–time Asian Championship medalist Alisher Yergali, he was defeated by Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian in a closely contested two–point final bout.[11] This result determined Mohammadian as the representative for Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12]
Major results
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Iran
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| 2018 | U23 World Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Freestyle 97 kg | |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 1st | Freestyle 97 kg | |
Freestyle record
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References
edit- ^ "Ali Shabani – IRI 97KG". Freestyle Wrestling. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ a b "Iran's free style wrestler bags gold medal in Asian Championships". iranpress.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ a b "Iranian Freestyler Shabani Wins Bronze at U-23 World C'ships - Sports news - Tasnim News Agency". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "UWW World Championship 2019 : Iran announces freestyle squad". wrestlingtv.in. September 3, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05.
- ^ کشتی, روابط عمومی فدراسیون. "فدراسیون کشتی". فدراسیون کشتی (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Iran's Shabani Takes Silver at Yasar Dogu". bignewsnetwork.com. July 15, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Updated Nov. 6: News from Around the World". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Iran Freestyle Wrestling secures 3 more places at Tokyo 2020". IRNA English. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Which Iranian Will Challenge Kyle Snyder At The Olympics? - FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ Olanowski, Eric. "Poland Open Entries (June 9-13)". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "محمدیان با شکست شعبانی قهرمان جام زیلکوفسکی شد". ورزش سه. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ Olanowski, Eric. "Russia Adds Four Golds, Walks Away with Cadet Euro FS Team Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-17.