Navid Zanganeh

Navid Zanganeh is an Iranian wrestler and former member of the Iranian U-23 freestyle wrestling team.

Navid Zanganeh
Personal information
Native nameنوید زنگنه ‌
Full nameNavid Zanganeh
Nickname(s)cheetah , khabib
Born (1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 28)
Eslamshahr, Iran
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryIran
SportWrestling
Coached byAlireza Rezaei, Sardar Molavi, Alireza Rezaeimanesh,
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 1 – –
World Championships – – 1
Asian Championships – 1 –

Wrestling career

Zanganeh wrestled for club Atrak Khorasan and represented Iran on the world stage.

During the 2018 Senior U23 World Championships in Bucharest Zanganeh earned a bronze medal after defeating Azerbaijani wrestler Ismail Abdullaev.[1]

At the 2019 U-23 Senior Asian Championships Zanganeh won a silver medal after beating opponents from Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan before facing defeat in the finals.[2]

The Takhti freestyle wrestling tournament took place on 7 and 8 February 2019 with representatives from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, Armenia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia. Zanganeh placed third and was a part of Iran's overall victory in the tournament.[3]

Arrest and asylum in Canada

Zanganeh was shot at anti-government rally in Tehran and was subsequently arrested after being taken to hospital. He was detained for 15 days and was eventually released from Fashafaviye prison.[4] Zanganeh was immediately released from his club Atrak Khorasan and was unable to wrestle for Iran.[5] After the arrest was made public, Zanganeh emigrated to Canada in the hopes to resume his wrestling career representing Canada.[6]

Violation of anti-doping rule and sanction

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) gave an announcement which stated that Zanganeh was subjected to a four-year suspension due to a violation of anti-doping regulations. The violation stemmed from the detection of oxandrolone, a prohibited anabolic substance, in a urine sample of Zanganeh. The urine sample was collection during an in-competition sampling session on March 11, 2023. The sanction entails an ineligibility to participate in any sport signatory to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) at any capacity (including training with teammates), and concludes on April 24, 2027.[7]

Mixed martial arts career

Navid began his MMA career in Vancouver, Canada. His head coach is currently Dan Golkar out of Scorpion MMA in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.

References

  1. ^ tristan. "Senior U23 World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Three medals for Iran's freestyle wrestlers in Mongolia championship". Iran Press (in Persian). 24 March 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ "FarsNews Agency - Iran Claims Title at Int'l Freestyle Wrestling Cup". en.farsnews.ir. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ Stone, Pooya (2 February 2020). "Iranian National Athletes Leave the Country". www.iranfocus.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Iranian Wrestler Released From Detention Seeks Asylum In Canada". RFE/RL. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Iranian wrestler seeks asylum in Canada after released from detention". InterMat. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Wrestling Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Oxandrolone | Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport". www.cces.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2023.