Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian weightlifter in the +105 kg category. Salimi currently holds the world record in the snatch

Snatch (weightlifting)

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...

 with 214 kg in his weight class.

At the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships

2010 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2010 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Antalya Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2010.-Men:-Women:- Medal table :Ranking by Big medals...

 Salimi won the gold medal in the +105 kg category. Salimi won gold again in the +105 kg category at the 2010 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

 with a 205 kg snatch

Snatch (weightlifting)

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...

 and a 235 kg clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

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Salimi recently won the gold medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships

2011 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2011 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Disneyland Paris in Paris, France. The event took place from November 5 to 13, 2011.-Men:-Women:- Medal table :Ranking by Big medals...

 in Paris, France on November 13, 2011.

Achievements

Medal			|Competition	|Host	|Record
			2008 World Junior Championship	Cali Calì Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...	186+220=406
			2008 Asian Junior Championship	Jeonju Jeonju Jeonju is a city in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals.- History :...	185+222=407
			2009 Asian Championships 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan between May 11 and May 15, 2009. It was the 40th mens and 21st women's championship.-Men:-Women:- Medal table :Ranking by Big medals...	Taldykorgan Taldykorgan Taldykorgan , formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan , is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 118,400 . Most of the people are Kazakhs.-Education:...	190+231=421
			2009 World Junior Championship	Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....	195+228=423
			2010 World Championships 2010 World Weightlifting Championships The 2010 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Antalya Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2010.-Men:-Women:- Medal table :Ranking by Big medals...	Antalya Antalya Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...	208+245=453
			2010 Asian Games Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from November 13 to 19, 2010. There are seven weight categories for the women and eight for the men...	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...	205GR+235=440
			2011 Asian Championships 2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at Tongling Municipal Stadium in Tongling, Anhui Province, China between April 13 and April 17, 2011...	Tongling Tongling Tongling is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Chaohu to the north, Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west....	208+250=458
			2011 World Championships 2011 World Weightlifting Championships The 2011 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Disneyland Paris in Paris, France. The event took place from November 5 to 13, 2011.-Men:-Women:- Medal table :Ranking by Big medals...	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	214WR+250=464

Personal Bests

Snatch: 214 kg - 2011 (current world record in +105 kg weight class)

Clean and Jerk: 256 kg - 2011

Total: 464 kg - 2011

External links

• www.iwf.net