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Ray, Iran

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Iran

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ian wrestler, was part of national team from 2001 to 2011. He is a five-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling . Sourian amazingly won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 Asian gold medalist.

Olympic 2008

Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev

Nazyr Mankiev

Nazyr Yunuzovich Mankiev is a Russian wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling. Resident of Krasnoyarsk.-External links:* *...

 of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul

Park Eun-Chul

Park Eun-Chul is a South Korean wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 55kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He is also a Three-time world championship medalist, receiving Bronze in 2006, and Silver in 2005 and 2007...

, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria.

Results

• 2005 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Bye
  • Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (4–3, 2–1)
  • Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 (4–0, 3–2)
  • Round 4: Defeated , 2–0 (2–1, 7–1)
  • Semifinal: Defeated , Disqualified
  • Final: Defeated , 2–0 (2–1, 4–3)
• 2006 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Defeated , 2–0 (6–0, 7–0)
  • Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (7–2, 2–1)
  • Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 (8–2, 4–0)
  • Semifinal: Defeated , 2–0 (5–3, 3–2)
  • Final: Defeated , 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
• 2007 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Defeated , 2–0 (5–0, 8–1)
  • Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (2–1, 4–0)
  • Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 (4–0, 6–0)
  • Round 4: Defeated , 2–0 (4–3, 2–2)
  • Semifinal: Defeated , 2–0 (3–0, 1–1)
  • Final: Defeated , 2–1 (1–1, 3–0, 4–0)
• 2008 Olympics
  Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories...
  
   – 5th place
  • Round 1: Defeated , Fall
  • Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (8–0, 6–0)
  • Round 3: Lost to , 1–2 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
  • Repechage: Defeated , 2–0 (5–0, 1–1)
  • Bronze medal match: Lost to , 0–2 (1–1, 2–2)
• 2009 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Bye
  • Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (7–0, 3–0)
  • Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
  • Round 4: Defeated , 2–0 (1–0, 1–0)
  • Semifinal: Defeated , 2–0 (1–0, 6–0)
  • Final: Defeated , 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
• 2010 World Championship – Gold medal
  • Round 1: Bye
  • Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (5–0, 1–0)
  • Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 (2–0, 2–2)
  • Round 4: Defeated , 2–0 (2–0, 1–1)
  • Semifinal: Defeated , 2–0 (1–0, 2–0)
  • Final: Defeated , 2–1 (4–0, 0–3, 1–0)