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| Full name | Mehdi Taghavi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-02-20) February 20, 1987 (age 37) Savadkuh, mazandaran, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wrestling Club;Mooezipoor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gholam Mohammadi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mehdi Taghavi Kermani (Persian: مهدى تقوى كرمانى; born February 20, 1987, in Savadkuh) is an Iranian wrestler. Taghavi was the favorite to win the 2012 London Olympics but was upset in the first round by Cuba's Liván López who ended up winning the bronze. Taghavi had previously beaten Lopez at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he beat Haislan Garcia in the first round, before losing to Ramazan Şahin in the quarterfinals. As Şahin went on to the final, Taghavi took part in the bronze medal repechage where he lost to Geandry Garzón.
References
- ^ "2008 Olympic Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). www.fila-official.com/. FILA. p. 30. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
External links
- Mehdi Taghavi at the International Wrestling Database
- Mehdi Taghavi at Olympics.com
- Mehdi Taghavi at Olympedia
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