Amir Hossein Zare

Amir Hossein Zare (; born 16 January 2001) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the heavyweight division. Zare became World Champion in 2021, and 2023. He was the 2019 U23 World Champion at age 18. He claimed a Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal in 2021. In the age-group, he was the 2018 Cadet World Champion and claimed silver medals from the 2019 Junior World Championships and the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics. Early life Zare started Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals from elementary school, then entered wrestling during middle school. During primary school he used to go to the ancient gym with his father and uncle. Career 2019 The 2018 Cadet World Champion, Zare made his senior level debut in October 2019 at the age of 18, going 4–0 at the Iranian Premier League with a notable victory over two–time and reigning Asian Continental champion Yadollah Mohebbi. He followed up with his international debut, claiming the 2019 U23 World Championship after cleaning out the bracket with technical falls. Next, he took out reigning World Champion Geno Petriashvili in the final match of the Premier League, claiming gold for the team. He won against Geno Petriashvili in the Iranian Premier League and was a surprise, the result of this match was 15–11. His first loss came at the Alans International, where he placed third with notable and dominant technical falls over the accomplished Khasanboy Rakhimov and Nick Gwiazdowski. To close out the year, he helped Iran reach the gold medal at the World Clubs Cup.