Hossein Rezazadeh

Hossein Rezazadeh is an Iranian former super-heavyweight weightlifter who won Olympic gold medals in 2000 and 2004.

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Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics: The weightlifting competitions held at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Rezazadeh won the super-heavyweight title at these Games.
Snatch (weightlifting): A weightlifting lift in which the bar moves from the floor to overhead in one continuous motion. It was the first lift in the Olympic contests Rezazadeh won.
Mohammad Hossein Barkhordari: An Iranian weightlifting coach associated with the country's elite lifting program. He was among the coaches linked to Rezazadeh's international career.
Iranian sports: Organized athletic competition and sporting culture in Iran. His Olympic success became a prominent episode in the country's sporting history.
Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics: The weightlifting competitions held at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He defended his Olympic super-heavyweight title here.
Clean and jerk: A weightlifting lift that raises the bar to the shoulders before driving it overhead. Its result combined with the snatch to determine his competition total.
Ronnie Weller: A German super-heavyweight weightlifter who won Olympic silver in 2000 and 2004. He was Rezazadeh's runner-up at both Olympic Games.
Olympic gold medal: The medal awarded to the winner of an Olympic event. He won this distinction in consecutive super-heavyweight competitions.
2000 Summer Olympics: The international multi-sport event held in Sydney, Australia. These Games launched his run of two consecutive Olympic titles.
Weightlifting total: The combined result of a lifter's best successful snatch and clean and jerk. Olympic rankings were based on this combined score.