Rasoul Khadem


Rasoul Khadem Azghadi is a former Iranian wrestler who has won a Bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was also the 1994 and 1995 world champion and the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion. He was trained by his father Mohammad Khadem, and he is the brother of Amir Reza Khadem.
He was the president of Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation from January 4, 2014 to November 3, 2018. He was also the technical director of Iran's wrestling national teams and head coach of Iran's freestyle wrestling national team from January 2012 to 2018. In addition, he was elected as Executive Board member of National Olympic Committee of Iran on January 20, 2014, and served until January 2018.

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