# Amir Hossein Zare

Amir Hossein Zare (Persian: امیرحسین زارع; 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. He studied at Governmental leading high school.

## 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.

### 2020–2021

In 2020, Zare only competed twice, claiming the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series crown with notable wins over 2012 Olympic champion Bilyal Makhov and Nick Matuhin, and placing second at the Team Trials for the Individual World Cup. In 2021, Zare claimed the 2021 Poland Open by beating Nick Gwiazdowski via disqualification after the later refused to engage due to Zare's pressure. In the 2020 Summer Olympics, Zare won a Bronze Medal by defeating Deng Zhiwei in the Bronze Medal match. After 32 years, Zare won Iran's freestyle wrestling gold medal in the heavyweight division of the World Championships in Norway by defeating Geno Petriashvili.

### 2022

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Zare faced the Canadian Amar Dhesi who has the Pan American gold and silver medals, and beat him wisely 8-0 to win the bronze medal. Zare continued in the tournament 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup held in Almaty, Kazakhstan won the gold medal by defeating Yusup Batirmurzaev.

### 2023

He won the Gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. This was Zare's second gold medal in the world championship., triumphing over Geno Petriashvili from Georgia with a decisive score of 11-0. Referring to this fight, the World Wrestling Federation wrote: Petriashvili had no answer for the tremendous pressure that Zare applied. Zare, who won bronze last year and gold in 2021, added another gold medal to his record. Zare won 4-0 against Taha Akgül in the semifinals.Zare scored a total of 43 points by the end of the tournament. Amir Hossein Zare at the end of the tournament, have secured their spots in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Zare In the continuation of this year's competitions, won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games. He first defeated Zaman Anwar from Pakistan 10-0 and then beat China Buheeerdun 10-0. Zare defeated Yusup Batirmurzaev 11-0 to secure his place in the final. He defeated Mongolia’s Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 7-0 in the men's 125Kg final bout. His gold medal was Iran's 12th gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games.

### 2024

He started the year by winning a gold medal in Zagreb Open. Zare competed with Amir Reza Masoumi in the final. The bout was a playoff for the Olympic spot as Masoumi had won the national championships. Like their previous encounters, Zare was in control of the bout which he won 5-0.
He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Freestyle record

International Senior Freestyle Matches :
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location |
| PWL 2024 at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 46–6 | Shamil Musaev | 12–2 | 24 November 2024 | Poddubny Professional Wrestling League | Moscow |
| 2024 Olympic Games at 125 kg |||||||
| Loss | 45-6 | Geno Petriashvili | 9-10 | 10 August 2024 | 2024 Olympic Games | Paris |
| Win | 45-5 | Taha Akgül | 2-1 | 9 August 2024 | 2024 Olympic Games | Paris |
| Win | 44-5 | Amar Dhesi | 10-0 | 9 August 2024 | 2024 Olympic Games | Paris |
| Win | 43-5 | Aiaal Lazarev | 5–0 | 9 August 2024 | 2024 Olympic Games | Paris |
| 2022 Asian Games at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 42–5 | Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel | 7-0 | 7 October 2023 | 2022 Asian Games | Hangzhou, China |
| Win | 41–5 | Yusup Batirmurzaev | 11-0 | 7 October 2023 | 2022 Asian Games | Hangzhou, China |
| Win | 40–5 | Buheeerdun | 10-0 | 7 October 2023 | 2022 Asian Games | Hangzhou, China |
| Win | 39–5 | Zaman Anwar | 10-0 | 7 October 2023 | 2022 Asian Games | Hangzhou, China |
| 2023 World Championships at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 38–5 | Geno Petriashvili | 11-0 | 17 September 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Win | 37–5 | Taha Akgül | 4-0 | 17 September 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Win | 36–5 | Dániel Ligeti | 11-4 | 16 September 2022 | 2023 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Win | 35–5 | Jonovan Smith | 10-0 | 16 September 2022 | 2023 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Win | 34–5 | Dzianis Khramiankou | 7-2 | 16 September 2022 | 2023 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2022 World Championships at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 33–5 | Amar Dhesi | 8–0 | 16 September 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Loss | 32–5 | Taha Akgül | 2–4 | 15 September 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Win | 32–4 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | TF 10–0 | 15 September 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Win | 32–4 | Deng Zhiwei | 3–0 | 15 September 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2021 World Championships at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 31–4 | Geno Petriashvili | 9–2 | 3 October 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Oslo, Norway |
| Win | 30–4 | Taha Akgül | 4–0 | 2 October 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Oslo, Norway |
| Win | 29–4 | Nick Gwiazdowski | TF 10–0 | 2 October 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Oslo, Norway |
| Win | 28–4 | Dzianis Khramiankou | 6–0 | 2 October 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Oslo, Norway |
| 2020 Summer Olympics at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 27–4 | Deng Zhiwei | 5–0 | 5 August–6, 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan |
| Loss | 26–4 | Geno Petriashvili | 3–6 | 5 August–6, 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | 26–3 | Egzon Shala | TF 13–2 | 5 August–6, 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | 25–3 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | 7–0 | 5 August–6, 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2021 Poland Open at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 24–3 | Nick Gwiazdowski | DQ (6–1) | 9 June 2021 | 2021 Poland Open | Warsaw, Poland |
| Win | 22–3 | Oleksandr Kalinovskyi | TF 10–0 | 9 June 2021 | 2021 Poland Open | Warsaw, Poland |
| Win | 21–3 | Diaaeldin Kamal | TF 10–0 | 9 June 2021 | 2021 Poland Open | Warsaw, Poland |
| 2020 IRI World Team Trials at 125 kg |||||||
| Loss | 20–3 | Amin Taheri | 3–4 | 5 November 2020 | 2020 Iranian World Team Trials | Tehran, Iran |
| Win | 20–2 | Amin Taheri | 3–1 | 5 November 2020 | 2020 Iranian World Team Trials | Tehran, Iran |
| Loss | 19–2 | Amin Taheri | 0–2 | 5 November 2020 | 2020 Iranian World Team Trials | Tehran, Iran |
| Win | 19–1 | Parviz Hadi | 4–0 | 5 November 2020 | 2020 Iranian World Team Trials | Tehran, Iran |
| Win | 18–1 | Yadollah Mohebbi | 4–1 | 5 November 2020 | 2020 Iranian World Team Trials | Tehran, Iran |
| 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 17–1 | Bilyal Makhov | 5–3 | 15 January–18, 2020 | Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020 | Rome, Italy |
| Win | 16–1 | Nick Matuhin | 8–0 | 15 January–18, 2020 | Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020 | Rome, Italy |
| Win | 15–1 | Yusup Batirmurzaev | Fall | 15 January–18, 2020 | Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020 | Rome, Italy |
| 2019 World Clubs Cup for Team Bazar-e Bozorg at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 14–1 | FF | FF | 17 December–21, 2019 | 2019 World Clubs Cup | Bojnoord, Iran |
| Win | 13–1 | Amir Bazrafshan | 10–2 | 17 December–21, 2019 | 2019 World Clubs Cup | Bojnoord, Iran |
| 2019 Alans International at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 12–1 | Nick Gwiazdowski | TF 10–0 | 7 December–8, 2019 | 2019 Alans International | Vladikavkaz, Russia |
| Loss | 11–1 | Batradz Gazzaev | 2–3 | 7 December–8, 2019 | 2019 Alans International | Vladikavkaz, Russia |
| Win | 11–0 | Atsamaz Tebloev | FF | 7 December–8, 2019 | 2019 Alans International | Vladikavkaz, Russia |
| Win | 10–0 | Khasanboy Rakhimov | TF 12–2 | 7 December–8, 2019 | 2019 Alans International | Vladikavkaz, Russia |
| 2019 Iranian Premier League for Team Grand Bazaar at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 9–0 | Geno Petriashvili | 15–11 | 22 November 2019 | 2019 Iranian Premier League | Tehran, Iran |
| 2019 U23 World Championships at 125 kg |||||||
| Win | 8–0 | Vitaly Goloev | TF 10–0 | 28–30 October 2019 | 2019 U23 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| Win | 7–0 | Zuriko Urtashvili | TF 11–0 | 28–30 October 2019 | 2019 U23 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| Win | 6–0 | Yusup Batirmurzaev | TF 17–7 | 28–30 October 2019 | 2019 U23 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| Win | 5–0 | Samhan Jabrailov | TF 11–0 | 28–30 October 2019 | 2019 U23 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| Win | 4–0 | Soheil Yousefi | | 6 October–7, 2019 | 2019 Iranian Premier League | Tehran, Iran |
| Win | 3–0 | Vahid Yousefvand | | 6 October–7, 2019 | 2019 Iranian Premier League | Tehran, Iran |
| Win | 2–0 | Yadollah Mohebbi | | 6 October–7, 2019 | 2019 Iranian Premier League | Tehran, Iran |
| Win | 1–0 | Soheil Gholipour Safar | | 6 October–7, 2019 | 2019 Iranian Premier League | Tehran, Iran |