# Alireza Heidari

Alireza Heidari (Persian: علیرضا حیدری; born March 4, 1976, in Tehran) is a retired Iranian wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
He also competed in Sydney 2000, where he placed 6th. He is also a seven-time Asian champion and has won a gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze medal at World Championships. Heidari was selected as the 1999 National Sportsman of the Year in Iran.
He has a sister and three brothers.
After his retirement, he bought a mine with nearly eight hundred employees.

## Results

| Result | Round | Opponent | Score |
| 1997 World Championship / Krasnoyarsk / Bronze medal / 85 kg ||||
| Win | Round 1 | Christos Alexandridis (GRE) | 6–0 |
| Loss | Round 2 | Les Gutches (USA) | 0–3 |
| Win | Repechage 1 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 1–0 |
| Win | Repechage 2 | André Backhaus (GER) | 8–2 |
| Win | Repechage 3 | Nicolae Ghiță (ROU) | 6–1, Fall |
| Win | Repechage 4 | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 3–1 |
| Win | Bronze medal match | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 5–1 |
| 1998 World Championship / Tehran / Gold medal / 85 kg ||||
| Win | Round 1 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 9–0 |
| Win | Round 2 | Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) | 4–2 |
| Win | Round 3 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 1–0 |
| Win | Semifinals | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 2–1 |
| Win | Final | Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) | 4–0 |
| 1999 World Championship / Ankara / Silver medal / 97 kg ||||
| Win | Preliminary round | Dan Karabin (CZE) | 10–0 |
| Win | Preliminary round | Kim Kil-soo (KOR) | 7–0 |
| Win | Round of 16 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 2–0 |
| Win | Quarterfinals | Davud Magomedov (AZE) | 5–0 |
| Win | Semifinals | Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 3–0 |
| Loss | Final | Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS) | 3–4 |
| 2000 Summer Olympics / Sydney / 6th place / 97 kg ||||
| Win | Preliminary round | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 7–1 |
| Win | Preliminary round | Ahmet Doğu (TUR) | 6–1 |
| Loss | Quarterfinals | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 0–1 |
| Loss | 5th place match | Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) | Walkover |
| 2001 World Championship / Sofia / 16th place / 97 kg ||||
| Win | Preliminary round | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 6–1 |
| Loss | Preliminary round | Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS) | 1–4, Fall |
| 2002 World Championship / Tehran / Silver medal / 96 kg ||||
| Win | Preliminary round | Sofian Abdul-Lateef (IRQ) | 11–0 |
| Win | Preliminary round | Chen Dakuan (CHN) | 11–0 |
| Win | Preliminary round | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 3–0 |
| Win | Semifinals | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 3–0 |
| Loss | Final | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 1–2 |
| 2003 World Championship / New York / Silver medal / 96 kg ||||
| Win | Preliminary round | Igors Samušonoks (LAT) | 10–0 |
| Win | Preliminary round | George Torchinava (NED) | 10–0 |
| Win | Round of 16 | Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR) | 6–6 |
| Win | Quarterfinals | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 6–3 |
| Win | Semifinals | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 3–1 |
| Loss | Final | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 0–4 |
| 2004 Summer Olympics / Athens / Bronze medal / 96 kg ||||
| Win | Preliminary round | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 3–2 |
| Win | Preliminary round | Antoine Jaoude (BRA) | 10–0 |
| Win | Quarterfinals | Rustam Aghayev (AZE) | 5–0 |
| Loss | Semifinals | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 4–6 |
| Win | Bronze medal match | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 3–2 |
| 2006 World Championship / Guangzhou / 5th place / 96 kg ||||
| Win | Round of 32 | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 7–0) |
| Loss | Round of 16 | Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1) |
| Win | Repechage 1 | Norbert Bödör (SVK) | Walkover |
| Win | Repechage 2 | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 2–0 (1–1, 2–1) |
| Loss | Bronze medal match | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) |