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| Native name | رسول تقیان چادگانی | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Rasoul Taghian Chadegani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987 (age 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82.35 kg (181.6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 85 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Rasoul Taghian Chadegani (Persian: رسول تقیان چادگانی, born 21 January 1987) is an Iranian weightlifter. He has won multiple medals in various weightlifting competitions, including the gold medal in the Men's 77 kg weight class at the 2013 Universiade Kazan Weightlifting Championships. In that same competition, he set new records in both the clean and jerk and the total categories. In 2013, he was named the best weightlifting athlete in Asia and ranked second in the world.
Taghian's older brother, Javad Taghian, was his first coach, and he has continued to compete at a high level in weightlifting throughout his career.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Universiade | ||||||||||||
| 2013 |  Kazan, Russia |
77 kg | 153 | 157 | 2 | 194 | 198 | -- | 1 | 355 | 
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland |
77 kg | 158 | 5 | 196 | 4 | 354 | 4 | ||||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
85 kg | 149 | 153 | 22 | 182 | 190 | -- | 21 | 343 | 22 | |
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
77 kg | 153 | 158 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Incheon, South Korea |
85 kg | 158 | 163 | 4 | 197 | 205 | 4 | 368 | 4 | ||
| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Taldykorgan, kazakhstan |
77 kg | 146 | 152 | 4 | 183 | 187 | 4 | 339 | 
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| 2013 | Astana, kazakhstan |
77 kg | 155 | 160 | 163 |  |
195 | 203 | |
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References
External links
- Rasoul TAGHIAN CHADEGANI at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Rasool Taghian at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Living people
- 1987 births
- Iranian male weightlifters
- Iranian strength athletes
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Iranian sportspeople in doping cases
- Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games competitors for Iran
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Iranian sportsmen