Ali Akbar Yousefi
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Born
- 30 April 1997, Babylon
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Sport
- wrestling
- Discipline
- Greco-Roman wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler
Ali Akbar Yousefi (Persian: علیاکبر یوسفی, born 30 April 1997) is an Iranian professional wrestler. He won gold medal in the 130 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. In 2019, he won gold medal in the same event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary and won bronze medal in 2018, U23.
By winning gold medal in 2021 Oslo, He became Iran's first-ever world champion in the heaviest Greco weight class in the World Wrestling Championships.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup | 2022 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q106530279 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.