Rashid Sharifi’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Iranian weightlifter
Is Athlete 
Weightlifter 
From Iran 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 21 September 1984, Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran
Age: 35 years

Rashid Sharifi Sadeh (Persian: رشید شریفی سده‎‎, born September 21, 1984 in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category.

At the 2007 World Championships, he ranked 8th with a total of 410 kg.

He won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 426 kg and 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 440 kg, but he lost this medal because he tested positive for doping.

After retirement of the Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh, he succeeded him representing Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to his poor test results he was placed at group B of the competitions and managed to score the first among participants without getting any medals.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China +105 kg 188 192 196 6 230 238 238 7 426 6
World Championships
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand +105 kg 180 188 188 13 220 230 235 8 410 8
Asian Championships
2008 Kanazawa, Japan +105 kg 180 190 190 01 ! 220 230 236 01 ! 426 01 !
2009 Taldykorgan, kazakhstan +105 kg 192 200 200 DSQ 230 240 246 DSQ — DSQ
2013 Astana, Kazakhstan +105 kg 185 191 197 01 ! 220 226 232 02 ! 417 01 !
World Junior Championships
2004 Minsk, Belarus +105 kg 172.5 172.5 172.5 03 ! 207.5 207.5 207.5 — — —

Notes and references

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