Behdad Salimi
Behdad Salimi (Persian: بهداد سلیمی, born December 8, 1989 in Ghaemshahr) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category. Salimi currently holds ... More »
Salimi leads Iran 1-2
Behdad Salimi claimed the final Olympic weightlifting gold of London 2012, adding the crown to his world title in the +105kg category. The Iranian super-heavyweight went into the event as the hot favourite and didn't disappoint. The 22-year-old managed a total of 455kg to clinch his ... Read more »
Ten 2012 Olympians to Keep Your Eyes On
Weightlifter Behdad Salimi is the world’s strongest man, designated so after he lifted 472 pounds at the world weight-lifting championships in Paris in 2011. Salimi began his athletic career as a gymnast, but found his niche when a friend suggest he try weightlifting instead. Of ... Read more »
More bodies recovered as Iran quakes relief effort continues
" In Tehran, Karaj and Qom, thousands visited centres late into the night to donate blood, Press TV reported, including Iran's Olympic gold medal-winning weightlifter, Behdad Salimi. "I truly feel terrible for the people of East Azerbaijan. I want to do what I can to help them. The most ... Read more »
Olympics 2012: Iranian team's success a positive amid the negatives
Sourian's success has been repeated by a record number of his fellow Iranian athletes; on Tuesday night alone, Iran won four medals: Behdad Salimi, 22, was crowned as the strongest man at the London Games after winning gold in the 105kg weightlifting category, his countryman; Sajjad ... Read more »
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Weightlifting at ExCeL drew to a close last night, with men's super heavyweight Behdad Salimi, from Iran, claiming the final gold medal of 15 awarded over the past 11 days. A total of 44 Olympic and world records were broken during an exhilarating competition, with around 6,000 partisan ... Read more »
Iran's Olympic team at the London 2012 Games
Iranian athletes stand a good chance of medals in wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo by world champions such as Behdad Salimi and Hamid Sourian. More competitors are due to arrive in London next week. Here are some of their faces: ... Read more »
The Hindu : Life & Style / Society : Olympian heroes
The standout among the lifters was the amazing Behdad Salimi, who lifted a mind-jolting 455 kg, breaking his own record set a year earlier at Paris. The previous record too was held by an Iranian, evidencing the country’s traditional domination of the sport. The Iranians also dominated ... Read more »
Olympics 2012: Live Report
"Iranians know who their heroes are, I think half of Tehran is in the weightlifting to see if Behdad Salimi-Kordasiabi can add the Olympic crown to his world title from last year. He's level with Russia's Ruslan Albegov after the snatch. " 1849 GMT: Meanwhile AFP's John Weaver is covering the ... Read more »
Salimi Leads Iran Gold-Silver in Weightlifting
... style="font-size:12px;">Two-time world champion Behdad Salimi won Olympic weightlifting gold for Iran in the over 105kg division on Tuesday.<a target="_blank" ... Read more »
London Olympics: Iranian carries weight of a nation
Behdad Salimi is built like a small warehouse. His neck and head seem to be the same appendage. His arms are bigger than most people's thighs. His thighs ... well, just use your imagination, then double it. Yet when he shakes hands, he is uncommonly gentle. In fact, for a man who can ... Read more »
Home Latest Headlines Favourite Salmi lifts weightlifting gold
Behdad Salimi added the Olympic crown to his world and Asian titles with victory in the men's +105kg and brought the curtain down on weightlifting at the 2012 Games. The 22-year-old managed a total of 455kg, which was not enough to eclipse the mammoth 472kg world and Olympic record ... Read more »
Olympic Beefcake of the Day – Behdad Salimi
Ladies, feast your eyes upon super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi – Iran’s best hope for a medal heading into the 2012 London Olympics as reigning world’s champion. Salimi won the world title on his first attempt in 2010 by lifting a total of 453-kg and retained his title ... Read more »
Olympics Point of No Return For Iranian Athletes, Two Gold and Two Silver Medals in One Day
Olympics Point of No Return For Iranian Athletes, Two Gold and Two Silver Medals in One Day Iranian athletes Behdad Salimi, Sajad Anoushiravani, Ghasem Rezaie and Ehsan Hadadi have won gold and silver medals at the Olympics today. Iranian heavyweight weight lifter Behdad Salimi ... Read more »
Iranian Olympic medallists administer welcome support to victims of country's double earthquake
Elsewhere, weightlifting star Behdad Salimi, who struck gold in the +105kg class at this summer's Olympics, joined the many people prepared to give blood when he donated four pints at a Tehran blood transfusion centre. He later travelled to East Azerbaijan Province to offer moral support ... Read more »
Olympics 2012, Day 14: Trojan Alums Kessy, Ross Aim To Reach Beach Volleyball Final
... (Great Britain) Men's +105-kilogram (More than 231 lbs) | Gold: Behdad Salimi (Iran), Silver: Sajjad Anoushiravani (Iran), Ruslan Albegov (Russia) Men's Greco-Roman 66-kilogram (145.5 lbs) ... Read more »
Live coverage: London Olympics Day 11
8.23pm — Phil Lutton (weightlifting): Iranian superman Behdad Salimi has won GOLD in the men’s superheavyweight lifting at the ExCel Centre. The huge man was the hot favourite going in and when Russian rival Ruslan Albegov failed to in his bid to lift 247kg in the clean and jerk, the ... Read more »
Iran seeks to make history in Olympics
Behdad Salimi won gold in the +105kg division at the World Weightlifting Championships in Paris in November, 2011. Now, the super heavyweight lifter wants to seize his first ever Olympics gold medal. Kianoush Rostami also won a gold medal in the 85kg class at the 2011 World Weightlifting ... Read more »
The Olympic Athletes You Should Be Watching
Iranian weight lifter Behdad Salimi will defend the world record he holds for his weight class. And Rafalca, the horse Ann Romney co-owns, will dance his way to London and back on the American dressage team. Jason Stallman, deputy sports editor for our partner The New York Times, has his ... Read more »
