Hamid Sourian

Hamid Sourian Reihanpour (Persian: حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور; born 24 August 1985) or Hamid Soryan is a retired Iranian wrestler. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers of all time. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gold medalist and six-time World Champion. He won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian championships gold medalist.[1]

Hamid Sourian
Sourian in July 2016
Personal information
Native nameحمید سوریان ‌
Full nameHamid Sourian Reihanpour
Nickname(s)7 Star General
NationalityIranian
Born (1985-08-24) 24 August 1985
Rey, Iran
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubBabak Rey Club
Coached byAbdollah Zare
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 6 0 0
World Junior Championship 1 0 0
World Cup 1 1 0
Other 6 1 2
Total 15 2 2
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London55 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Budapest55 kg
Gold medal – first place2006 Guangzhou55 kg
Gold medal – first place2007 Baku55 kg
Gold medal – first place2009 Herning55 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Moscow55 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Tashkent59 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Szombathely59 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Gdansk66 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Tbilisi60 kg
Bronze medal – third place2007 Sofia55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2006 Baku55 kg
World Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Vilnius55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 Bishkek55 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Jeju Island55 kg
Asian Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Jeju Island55 kg
Silver medal – second place2004 Almaty55 kg

Summer Olympics 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Summer Olympics 2016

After failing to qualify for the World Championship games and Continental Qualifier, on 3 May 2016 Sourian entered the second of the two worldwide qualification tournaments for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Turkey after failing to overcome Ivo Angelov from Bulgaria in Mongolia.

On May 5, Aleksandr Karelin posted a photo of Sourian on his Instagram page, wishing him success by writing: "You are the best and I wish you the best in the last 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament. Believe you can and you will."[5]

On May 7, Sourian finished first in the tournament and secured his ticket for Rio.[6]

On the 14th of August, he was defeated by Shinobu Ota from Japan in the round of 32. Although leading by 4–0 in the first half of the bout, his energy quickly depleted in the second half and he was defeated by 5–6 in the end. His next match was against Almat Kebispayev from Kazakistan in the repechage round. Again he was comfortably in the lead by 7–0 in the first half and then only needed one point for victory in the second, but his energy levels dropped towards the end and he lost the bout. This was his last appearance in Rio and his tournament was brought to a surprising end.[7]

International competition record
Sourian during 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Result Round Opponent Score
2005 World Championship / Hungary Budapest / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 55 kg
Win Round of 32  Vugar Rahimov (UKR) 2–0 (4–3, 2–1)
Win Round of 16  Bayram Özdemir (TUR) 2–0 (4–0, 3–2)
Win Quarterfinals  Lázaro Rivas (CUB) 2–0 (2–1, 7–1)
Win Semifinals  Yermek Kuketov (KAZ) DSQ (3–0, 5–0)
Win Final  Park Eun-chul (KOR) 2–0 (2–1, 4–3)
2006 World Championship / China Guangzhou / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 55 kg
Win Round of 32  Vicente Lillo (ESP) 2–0 (6–0, 7–0)
Win Round of 16  Vugar Rahimov (UKR) 2–0 (7–2, 2–1)
Win Quarterfinals  Venelin Venkov (BUL) 2–0 (8–2, 4–0)
Win Semifinals  Lindsey Durlacher (USA) 2–0 (5–3, 3–2)
Win Final  Rovshan Bayramov (AZE) 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
2007 World Championship / Azerbaijan Baku / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 55 kg
Win Round of 64  Shane Parker (AUS) 2–0 (5–0, 8–1)
Win Round of 32  Anders Nyblom (DEN) 2–0 (2–1, 4–0)
Win Round of 16  Lindsey Durlacher (USA) DSQ (4–0, 6–0)
Win Quarterfinals  Virgil Munteanu (ROU) 2–0 (4–3, 2–2)
Win Semifinals  Kristijan Fris (SRB) 2–0 (3–0, 1–1)
Win Final  Park Eun-chul (KOR) DSQ (1–1, 3–0, 4–0)
2008 Summer Olympics / China Beijing / 5th place / 55 kg
Win Round of 32  Venelin Venkov (BUL) Fall (4–0)
Win Round of 16  Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW) 2–0 (8–0, 6–0)
Loss Quarterfinals  Nazyr Mankiev (RUS) 1–2 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
Win Repechage  Kristijan Fris (SRB) 2–0 (5–0, 1–1)
Loss Bronze medal match  Park Eun-chul (KOR) 0–2 (1–1, 2–2)
2009 World Championship / Denmark Herning / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 55 kg
Win Round of 32  Joaquín Martínez (ESP) 2–0 (7–0, 3–0)
Win Round of 16  Spenser Mango (USA) 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
Win Quarterfinals  Erhan Karakuş (TUR) 2–0 (1–0, 1–0)
Win Semifinals  Håkan Nyblom (DEN) 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
Win Final  Roman Amoyan (ARM) 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
2010 World Championship / Russia Moscow / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 55 kg
Win Round of 32  Mohammed Bouterfessa (ALG) 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
Win Round of 16  Venelin Venkov (BUL) 2–0 (2–0, 2–2)
Win Quarterfinals  Jani Haapamäki (FIN) 2–0 (2–0, 1–1)
Win Semifinals  Roman Amoyan (ARM) 2–0 (1–0, 2–0)
Win Final  Choi Gyu-jin (KOR) 2–1 (4–0, 0–3, 1–0)
2012 Summer Olympics / United Kingdom London / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 55 kg
Win Round of 16  Arsen Eraliev (KGZ) 2–1 (4–0, 0–2, 2–1)
Win Quarterfinals  Péter Módos (HUN) 2–0 (2–0, 1–0)
Win Semifinals  Håkan Nyblom (DEN) 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
Win Final  Rovshan Bayramov (AZE) 2–0 (2–0, 1–0)
2014 World Championship / Uzbekistan Tashkent / 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal / 59 kg
Win Round of 64  Alex Anechitei (ROU) 8–0
Win Round of 32  Haithem Mahmoud (EGY) 2–1
Win Round of 16  Ismael Borrero (CUB) 5–0
Win Quarterfinals  Taleh Mammadov (AZE) 3–0
Win Semifinals  Elmurat Tasmuradov (UZB) 2–1
Win Final  Mingiyan Semenov (RUS) 2–1
2015 World Championship / United States Las Vegas / 7th place / 59 kg
Win Round of 32  Raiber Rodríguez (VEN) 8–0
Win Round of 16  Jani Haapamäki (FIN) 5–0, Fall
Loss Quarterfinals  Rovshan Bayramov (AZE) 0–2, DSQ
Loss Repechage  Yun Won-chol (PRK) 5–6
2016 Summer Olympics / Brazil Rio de Janeiro / 11th place / 59 kg
Loss Round of 32  Shinobu Ota (JPN) 4–5
Loss Repechage  Almat Kebispayev (KAZ) 7–6, Fall

See also

References
  1. Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour Archived 2012-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Nazyr Mankiev and Islam-Beka Albiev win gold for Russia - International Herald Tribune". www.iht.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25.
  3. "London 2012 Wrestling: Iran's Hamid Sourian Claimed Gold Medal in Men's 55kg Greco-Roman". Kabir News. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  4. "London Olympics: Iran's Reihanpour wins Greco-Roman 55kg wrestling gold". The Times Of India. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  5. "Instagram".
  6. "Sourian claims gold in Istanbul to book Olympic spot". 7 May 2016.
  7. "Google". www.google.no. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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