Amir Hossein Zare

Amir Hossein Zare
Personal information
Full nameAmir Hossein Zare
Nickname(s)Heavyweight King
Rostam of Iran
The Iranian Giant
Iranian Warrior
NationalityIranian
Born (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001
Amol, Mazandaran, Iran
Alma materIslamic Azad University Ayatollah Amoli
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Country
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubShahr Bank
Iran Mall
Fooladin Zob Amol
Petro Palayesh Bilish
Turned pro2018
Coached byHamid Aghajani
Ebrahim Mehraban
Gholamreza Mohammadi
Pejman Dorostkar
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 2 0 1
Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0
Asian Championships 1 0 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
World U23 Championships 1 0 0
Other 10 1 1
Total 15 3 3
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
2024 Paris125 kg
2020 Tokyo125 kg
World Championships
2021 Oslo125 kg
2023 Belgrade125 kg
2022 Belgrade125 kg
Asian Championships
2024 Bishkek125 kg
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou125 kg
Grand Prix
2020 Rome125 kg
2021 Warsaw125 kg
2022 Almaty125 kg
2023 Zagreb125 kg
2024 Zagreb125 kg
2023 Urmia125 kg
2019 Vladikavkaz125 kg
World Club Championship
2019 Bojnord125 kg
World U23 Championships
2019 Budapest125 kg
World Junior Championships
2019 Tallinn125 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2019 Beirut125 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires110 kg
World Cadet Championships
2018 Zagreb110 kg
Asian Cadet Championships
2018 Tashkent110 kg

Amir Hossein Zare (Persian: امیرحسین زارع; born 16 January 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the heavyweight division. Zare became World Champion in 2021, and 2023. He was the 2019 U23 World Champion at age 18. He claimed a Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal in 2021. In the age-group, he was the 2018 Cadet World Champion and claimed silver medals from the 2019 Junior World Championships and the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics.