Saeid Alihosseini

Saeid Alihosseini (Persian: سعيد علی حسينی, born 2 February 1988) is a former Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter. He failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009; the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years; in 2011, the ban was reduced to eight years.

Saeed Alihosseini
Alihosseini at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native nameسعید علی‌حسینی
NationalityIranian
Born (1988-02-02) 2 February 1988
Ardabil, Iran
EducationPh.D. in sports physiology[1]
Alma materUniversity of Mohaghegh Ardabili[1]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight166.50 kg (367 lb)[2]
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
Coached byAziz Alihosseini
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 208 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 251 kg (2017)
  • Total: 456 kg (2018)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Anaheim+105 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta+105 kg
2018 Asian Games podium, Left-right: Alihosseini, Salimi, Djangabaev

Weightlifting career

Doping ban

Saeid had failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009;[3] the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years.[4] In 2011, after it was discovered that his coach (who had been banned himself) was doping his athletes without their knowledge, the ban was reduced to eight years.[5]

World Championships

In 2017 he was eligible to return to international competition, and competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He won bronze medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, and after his teammate Behdad Salimi had his final clean and jerk overturned by the jury[6] Saeid won the silver medal.[7]

In 2018 Saeid was originally going to compete at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, but an injury forced him to withdraw from the competition.[8][9]

Retirement

In November 2019, Alihosseini announced his retirement from the sport after losing hope of competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[10]

Major Results

Major results:[2][11][12]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2017United States Anaheim, United States+105 kg2032032033rd place, bronze medalist(s)2362432513rd place, bronze medalist(s)4542nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia+105 kg201201208124024825434562nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2005United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates+105 kg1715--------
2019China Ningbo, China+109 kg170180189920122023363908
World Junior Championships
2006China Hangzhou, China+105 kg1812nd place, silver medalist(s)2152nd place, silver medalist(s)3961st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Junior Championships
2008South Korea Jeonju, South Korea+105 kg206 JWR1st place, gold medalist(s)245 JWR1st place, gold medalist(s)451 JWR1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Interclub Championship
2008South Korea Goyang, South Korea+105 kg2001st place, gold medalist(s)2421st place, gold medalist(s)4421st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Alihosseini Saeid". en.asiangames2018.id. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018.
  2. IWF.net. "Alihosseini Saeid IRI".
  3. IWF.net. "Doping Sanctions". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. ESPN (26 October 2011). "Saeid Ali-Hosseini ban cut to 12 years". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. Inside The Games (6 December 2017). "Exclusive: Iranian weightlifter says he was inspired by Justin Gatlin after podium finish following eight year ban". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. IWF.net (6 December 2017). "Rio 2016 Olympic champion Talakhadze is the superheavyweight world champion". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. Tehran Times (6 December 2017). "Iran's weightlifter Alihosseini wins silver after eight-year doping ban". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. Tehran Times (24 September 2018). "Saeid Alihosseini misses 2018 IWF World Championships". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  9. BarBend (24 September 2018). "Saeid Alihosseini not attending 2018 IWF World Championships". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  10. "Saeid Alihosseini (+109kg) announces retirement from weightlifting". barbend.com. 13 November 2019.
  11. "Hosseini Saeid Ali". iwrp.net.
  12. "9th seniur - 6th Junior Men & Women Asian Interclub Weightlifting championship". Archived from the original on 2012-05-23.
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