Iranian weightlifter (born 1987)
Rasoul Taghian
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| Native name | رسول تقیان چادگانی |
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| Birth name | Rasoul Taghian Chadegani |
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| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Born | (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987 (age 37) |
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| Weight | 82.35 kg (181.6 lb) |
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| Country |  Iran |
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| Sport | Weightlifting |
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| Event | 85 kg |
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| Personal bests | - Snatch: 163 kg (2014)
- Clean and jerk: 205 kg (2014)
- Total: 368 kg (2014)
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Rasoul Taghian Chadegani (Persian: رسول تقیان چادگانی, born 21 January 1987) is an Iranian weightlifter. He has won multiple medals in various weightlifting competitions, including the gold medal in the Men's 77 kg weight class at the 2013 Universiade Kazan Weightlifting Championships. In that same competition, he set new records in both the clean and jerk and the total categories. In 2013, he was named the best weightlifting athlete in Asia and ranked second in the world.
Taghian's older brother, Javad Taghian, was his first coach, and he has continued to compete at a high level in weightlifting throughout his career.
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