Ali Shabani

Ali Shabani
Personal information
Native nameعلی شعبانی
Birth nameعلی شعبانی بنگر
Full nameAli Shabanibengar
Born (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 29)
Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Height182 cm ( 5 ft 11.5 in )
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
SpouseZahra Yazdani Cherati
WebsiteOfficial Instagram Profile
Sport
CountryIran
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Coached byGholamreza Mohammadi
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Iran
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty 97 kg
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bucharest 97 kg

Ali Shabanibengar (Persian: علی شعبانی بنگر, born 18 May 1995) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms.[1] Shabani has claimed the 2021 Asian Continental Championship as well as a bronze medal from the 2018 U23 World Championships.[2][3] He was also the World Championship representative for Iran in 2019 and is a two–time IRI World Team Member.[4]

Career

2018–2019

After winning the U23 Iranian World Team Trials,[5] Shabani made his international debut at the 2018 U23 World Championships, where he claimed a bronze medal.[3] In 2019, he competed at the World Championships (Reza Yazdani, who had beaten Shabani was forced to pull out of the event, and as Shabani had been the '19 IRI World Team Trials runner–up, he was a replacement), helped his homeland place first at the Clubs World Cup and also claimed silver from the Yasar Dogu.[6]

2020–2021

After the COVID-19 outbreak slowed down, Shabani competed at the Iranian World Team Trials in November 2020, in an attempt to qualify for the Individual World Cup. After notably defeating Mojtaba Goleij, he went on to violently upset the dominant Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian twice in a row to claim the spot, although he ended up not being sent to the Individual World Cup.[7]

To start off 2021, Shabani claimed the Asian Continental Championship.[2] Days before, Mohammadian qualified the weight for the 2020 Summer Olympics for Iran with a dominant run at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8] The Iranian Wrestling Federation decided that the Poland Open (which took place on June 8) would decide the country's representative at the Summer Olympics, contested between Shabani, Alireza Karimi and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian.[9][10] After wins over '19 World Championship medalist Magomedgadzhi Nurov and multiple–time Asian Championship medalist Alisher Yergali, he was defeated by Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian in a closely contested two–point final bout.[11] This result determined Mohammadian as the representative for Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12]

Major results

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Iran
2018 U23 World Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 97 kg
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 1st Freestyle 97 kg

Freestyle record

International Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2021 Poland Open 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 97 kg
Loss 22–6 Iran Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian 1–1 June 8, 2021 2021 Poland Open

Poland Warsaw, Poland

Win 22–5 Kazakhstan Alisher Yergali 7–2
Win 21–5 North Macedonia Magomedgadzhi Nurov 9–2
2021 Asian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 97 kg
Win 20–5 Kazakhstan Alisher Yergali TF 12–2 April 13–18, 2021 2021 Asian Continental Championships

Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan

Win 19–5 India Satyawart Kadian TF 10–0
Win 18–5 South Korea Minwon Seo TF 11–0
2020 Iranian Premier Wrestling League 4th as Team Ghaemshahr at 97 kg
Win 17–5 Iran Hossein Shahbazi 5–0 December 17, 2020 2020 Iranian Premier Wrestling League

Iran Tehran, Iran

Win 16–5 Iran Alireza Safar
2020 IRI World Team Trials 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 97 kg
Win 15–5 Iran Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian 4–0 November 5, 2020 2020 Iranian World Team Trials

Iran Tehran, Iran

Win 14–5 Iran Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian 8–4
Win 13–5 Iran Danial Shariati 6–2
Win 12–5 Iran Mojtaba Goleij 7–3
2020 Takhti Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 97 kg
Win 11–5 Iran Esmaeil Nejatian FF January 7–8, 2020 2020 Takhti Cup

Iran Kermanshah, Iran

Loss 10–5 Iran Mojtaba Goleij 4–6
2019 World Clubs Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) as Team Bazar-e Bozorg at 97 kg
Win 10–4 China Rusidanmu Reheman TF 11–0 December 19, 2019 2019 World Clubs Cup

Iran Isfahan, Iran

2019 World Championships 10th at 97 kg
Loss 9–4 Georgia (country) Elizbar Odikadze 8–11 September 21, 2019 2019 World Championships

Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Win 8–3 Turkey Ibrahim Ciftci 9–1
2019 Yasar Dogu 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 97 kg
Loss 7–3 United States Kyle Snyder 1–2 July 11, 2019 2019 Yasar Dogu International

Turkey Istanbul, Turkey

Win 7–2 Azerbaijan Aslanbek Alborov TF 10–0
Win 6–2 Turkey Fatih Yaşarlı TF 10–0
Win 5–2 Italy Abraham Conyedo 6–2
2019 IRI World Team Trials 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 97 kg
Loss 4–2 Iran Reza Yazdani 1–2 July 1, 2019 2019 IRI World Team Trials

Iran Mazandaran Province, Iran

Win 4–1 Iran Hamed Talebi Zarrinkamar 3–2
2018 U23 World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 97 kg
Win 3–1 China Chaoqiang Yang TF 11–0 November 12–18, 2018 2018 U23 World Championships

Romania Bucharest, Romania

Loss 2–1 Georgia (country) Givi Matcharashvili TF 0–10
Win 2–0 Germany Erik Thiele 8–0
Win 1–0 Italy Simone Iannattoni TF 11–0

References

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  2. ^ a b "Iran's free style wrestler bags gold medal in Asian Championships". iranpress.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. ^ a b "Iranian Freestyler Shabani Wins Bronze at U-23 World C'ships - Sports news - Tasnim News Agency". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. ^ "UWW World Championship 2019 : Iran announces freestyle squad". wrestlingtv.in. September 3, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05.
  5. ^ کشتی, روابط عمومی فدراسیون. "فدراسیون کشتی". فدراسیون کشتی (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  6. ^ "Iran's Shabani Takes Silver at Yasar Dogu". bignewsnetwork.com. July 15, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16.
  7. ^ "Updated Nov. 6: News from Around the World". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  8. ^ "Iran Freestyle Wrestling secures 3 more places at Tokyo 2020". IRNA English. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  9. ^ "Which Iranian Will Challenge Kyle Snyder At The Olympics? - FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  10. ^ Olanowski, Eric. "Poland Open Entries (June 9-13)". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  11. ^ "محمدیان با شکست شعبانی قهرمان جام زیلکوفسکی شد". ورزش سه. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  12. ^ Olanowski, Eric. "Russia Adds Four Golds, Walks Away with Cadet Euro FS Team Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-06-17.