Rahman Amouzad

Rahman Amouzad Khalili (Persian: رحمان عموزاد خلیلی; born 17 July 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms.^[2] The 2022 World champion, Amouzad reached silver medals while representing Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Asian Games.^[3]

A three-time age-group World champion, Amouzad has earned medals at multiple international tournaments, such as the Asian Championships and the Individual World Cup.^[4]

Career

2018–2020

In 2018 and 2019, Amouzad claimed gold medals at the U17 World Championships and the U17 Asian Championships, at 45 and 48 kilograms respectively.^[5]^[6]^[7]

In October 2020, he competed at the Iranian Premier League for Islamic Azad University, scoring two wins at 61 kilograms on his senior level debut.^[8] In November, Amouzad trimmed down to 57 kilograms for the Iranian World Team Trials, dropping matches to Asian champion Reza Atri and U23 World medalist Alireza Sarlak.^[9] In December, he racked up two more wins for IAU at the Premier League.^[10]

A week later, Amouzad claimed a bronze medal at the Individual World Cup, winning four matches while losing one, to reigning World champion Zaur Uguev from Russia.^[11]

2021

In March, Amouzad competed in a rematch against Reza Atri for the Iranian Olympic Team spot, losing in a close bout on points.^[12] In May, he moved up to 61 kilograms and claimed the Takhi Cup, defeating four opponents on his way to a gold medal and a spot on the Iranian World Team.^[13] In June, Amouzad claimed the Yasar Dogu gold medal, notably defeating Asian champion Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov and Münir Recep Aktaş.^[14]

In August, Amouzad made his international U20 debut, becoming the 2021 U20 World Champion at 61 kilograms.^[3] At the Senior World Championships of October, Amouzad advanced to the second round after a win over Hungary, before being eliminated by Toshihiro Hasegawa from Japan to place eleventh.^[15]

2022

In April, Amouzad moved up to 65 kilograms and claimed his first Asian Continental title, defeating Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia from India in the finals.^[16]

In September, he competed at the World Championships, running through a gauntlet and defeating reigning European champion Ismail Musukaev from Hungary, three-time World champion Haji Aliyev from Azerbaijan and Olympian Yun Jun-sik from South Korea, to reach the finals.^[17] The next day, he claimed the World title, defeating three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis from the United States in a high-scoring match.^[18]

In December, Amouzad helped Iran to a silver-medal finish at the World Cup, defeating U23 Asian champion Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu from the All-Stars team and Yianni Diakomihalis from the United States, in a rematch from the World finals.^[19]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2024 Summer Olympics at 65 kg
Loss	49–10	Kotaro Kiyooka	3–10	August 11, 2024	2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France
Win	49–9	Ismail Musukaev	TF 10–0	August 10, 2024
Win	48–9	Islam Dudaev	TF 11–0
Win	47–9	Zain Retherford	8–0
2024 Asian Championships at 65 kg
Win	46–9	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga	2–1	11 April 2024	2024 Asian Championships	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Win	45–9	Abbos Rakhmonov	TF 10–0
Win	44–9	Yoo Seon-ho	7–0
Win	43–9	Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov	4–2
2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open at 65 kg
Loss		Vazgen Tevanyan	FF	10–14 January 2024	2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open	Zagreb, Croatia
Win	42–9	Abbas Ebrahimzadeh	12–4
Win	41–9	Agustín Destribats	TF 10–0
Win	40–9	Yuan Shaohua	TF 10–0
Win	39–9	Abdullah Toprak	12–4
2022 Asian Games at 65 kg
Loss	38–8	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga	TF 1–11	6 October 2023	2022 Asian Games	Hangzhou, China
Win	38–7	Bajrang Punia	8–1
Win	37–7	Wei Baowen	6–0
Win	36–7	Kaiki Yamaguchi	2–1
Win	35–7	Abbos Rakhmonov	12–6
2023 World Championships 5th at 65 kg
Win	34–7	Maxim Saculţan	TF 10–0	18–19 September 2023	2023 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Loss	33–7	Shamil Mamedov	6–8
Loss	33–6	Iszmail Muszukajev	5–6
Win	33–5	Nick Lee	7–4
Win	32–5	Ștefan Coman	TF 12–0
Win	31–5	Yanisse Madi	TF 10–0
2023 Asian Championships at 65 kg
Win	30–5	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga	3–1	13 April 2023	2023 Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan
Win	29–5	Ryoma Anraku	2–1
Win	28–5	Sanzhar Mukhtar	6–0
2022 World Cup at 65 kg – for Iran
Win	27–5	Yianni Diakomihalis	5–4	December 10–11, 2022	2022 World Cup	Coralville, Iowa
Win	26–5	Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu	5–0	December 10–11, 2022	2022 World Cup	Coralville, Iowa
2022 World Championships at 65 kg
Win	25–5	Yianni Diakomihalis	13–8	17–18 September 2022	2022 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	24–5	Haji Aliyev	9–2
Win	23–5	Adil Ospanov	TF 13–2
Win	22–5	Iszmail Muszukajev	6–0
Win	21–5	Yun Jun-sik	8–1
2022 Asian Championships at 65 kg
Win	20–5	Bajrang Punia	3–1	23 April 2022	2022 Asian Championships		Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Win	19–5	Tseveensürengiin Tsogbadrakh	6–0
Win	18–5	Kaiki Yamaguchi	9–0
Win	17–5	Inayat Ullah	TF 11–0
2021 World Championships 11th at 61 kg
Loss	16–5	Toshihiro Hasegawa	5–9	2 October 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	16–4	Gamzatgadzsi Halidov	5–0	2 October 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
2021 Yasar Dogu at 61 kg
Win	15–4	Assyl Aitakyn	4–0	25–27 June 2021	2021 Yasar Dogu International	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	14–4	Münir Recep Aktaş	8–1
Win	13–4	Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov	8–6
2021 Takhi Cup at 61 kg
Win	12–4	Mohammad Ramezanpour	3–1	20 May 2021	2021 Takhi Cup	Tehran, Iran
Win	11–4	Dariush Gholizadeh	TF 11–0
Win	10–4	Peyman Nemati	3–1
Win	9–4	Amir Hossein Khodabakhshi	6–1
2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials at 57 kg
Loss	8–4	Reza Atri	4–6	9 March 2021	2021 Iranian Olympic Team Trials	Tehran, Iran
2020 Individual World Cup at 57 kg
Win	8–3	Uladzislau Andreyeu	4–0	16 December 2020	2020 Individual World Cup	Belgrade, Serbia
Loss	7–3	Zaur Uguev	Fall
Win	7–2	Diamantino Iuna Fafé	Fall
Win	6–2	Givi Davidovi	TF 11–0
Win	5–2	Saban Kiziltas	TF 10–0
2020 Iranian Premier League at 57 kg – for IAU
Win	4–2	Erfan Jafarian	11–2	6 December 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran, Iran
Win	3–2	Reza Kharefi Safar	TF 10–0	6 December 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran, Iran
2020 IRI World Team Trials at 57 kg
Loss	2–2	Alireza Sarlak	8–10	5 November 2020	2020 Iranian World Team Trials	Tehran, Iran
Win		Nader Hajaghania	FF
Loss	2–1	Reza Atri	4–4
2020 Iranian Premier League at 61 kg – for IAU
Win	2–0	Younes Sarmasti	TF 10–0	2 October 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran, Iran
Win	1–0	Ehsan Ranjbar	TF 12–2	2 October 2020	2020 Iranian Premier League	Tehran, Iran

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