Alireza Soleimani
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Iran
| ||
| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1989 Martigny | 130 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| | 1986 Seoul | 130 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
| | 1981 Lahore | +100 kg |
| | 1983 Tehran | 130 kg |
| | 1987 Mumbai | 130 kg |
| | 1989 Oarai | 130 kg |
| | 1991 New Delhi | 130 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1979 Jalandhar | +100 kg |
Alireza Soleimani Karbalaei (Persian: علیرضا سلیمانی کربلایی, 2 February 1956 – 21 May 2014) was an Iranian super heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He was the first and, to date, the only Iranian to win the gold medal in the Superheavy Weight of Freestyle Wrestling, which he won at the World Championship 1989 against Bruce Baumgartner. He was the flag bearer of the Iranian Olympic Team at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.
Pahlevan Soleimani was born in Tehran. In addition to freestyle wrestling, he was a champion in varzesh-e bastani and had won the Pahlevan of Iran title and armband in Pahlevani traditional wrestling six times.
Alireza Soleimani died on 21 May 2014 due to heart failure. He was 58.
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