Rashid Sharifi

Rashid Sharifi
Personal information
Nationality Iran
BornSeptember 21, 1984 (1984-09-21) (age 40)
Weight140.50 kg (309.7 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWeightlifting
Event+105 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 196 kg (2008)
  • Clean and jerk: 236kg (2008)
  • Total: 426 kg (2008)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
Asian Championships
2008 Kanazawa +105 kg
2013 Astana +105 kg

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.[1]

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,[1] but he lost this medal because he tested positive for doping, as did fellow Iranian weightlifting team members Anoush Armak and Omid Naiij Kenar.[2][3]

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 finished 6th.

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 180 190 190 220 230 236 426
2009 Taldykorgan, kazakhstan +105 kg 192 200 200 DSQ 230 240 246 DSQ --- DSQ
2013 Astana, Kazakhstan +105 kg 185 191 197 220 226 232 417
World Junior Championships
2004 Minsk, Belarus +105 kg 172.5 172.5 172.5 207.5 207.5 207.5 -- -- --

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "SHARIFI SADEH Rashid". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. ^ "Iranian Weightlifter Ali-Hosseini gets lifetime ban for doping".
  3. ^ "Fourth lifter fails doping test, Iran federation in soup". 25 January 2010.