Hamid Sourian

About Hamid Sourian

Hamid Sourian Reihanpour is an Iranian wrestler from Tehran province. He is a six-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Sourian amazingly won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian gold medalist. Sourian won the gold medal in the 55 kg Greco-Roman competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Olympic 2008:

Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria.

Summer Olympics 2012:

On 5 August 2012, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov in the 55 kg final.

Hamid Sourian Achievements

Medal Records:

Olympic Games

• Gold medal – 2012 Summer Olympics55 kg
  

World Championships

• Gold medal – 2005 World Wrestling Championships55 kg
  
• Gold medal – 2006 World Wrestling Championships55 kg
  
• Gold medal – 2007 World Wrestling Championships55 kg
  
• Gold medal – 2009 World Wrestling Championships55 kg
  
• Gold medal – 2010 World Wrestling Championships55 kg
  
• Gold medal – 2014 World Wrestling Championships59 kg
  

Asian Championships

• Gold medal – 2007 Asian Wrestling Championships55 kg
  
• Gold medal – 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships55 kg