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{{Short description|Iranian weightlifter (born 1978)}}
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| birth_place  = [[Ardabil]], [[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]]
| order1       = [[City Council of Tehran|Member of City Council of Tehran]]
| term_start1  = 3 September 2013
| term_end1    = 22 August 2017 
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'''Hossein Rezazadeh''' ({{langx|fa|حسین رضازاده}}; born 12 May 1978) is an Iranian politician and retired [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. Rezazadeh is a two-time [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion, four-time [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Weightlifting]] champion, and five-time [[Asia]]n champion. Rezazadeh has won the [[Iran Sportsperson of the year|Iran Sportsperson of the Year]] award four times, more than any other athlete in the country's history. Rezazadeh is widely considered one of the greatest weightlifters of all time.

==Weightlifting career==
Before the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] reorganized the categories in 2018, he held the world record in weightlifting's super heavyweight class in the [[clean and jerk]].  He is also one of Iran's most noted celebrities, frequently appearing on television and in the news; his wedding, which was held in the holy city of [[Mecca]], in February 2003 was broadcast live on state television in Iran.<ref name="wp080726">{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072503002.html|title= Iran's Stars, Erased From the Billboards|newspaper= [[The Washington Post]]|date= 2008-07-26|access-date= 2008-12-12|author= Erdbrink, Thomas}}</ref>

In 2002 he was voted the "Champion of Champions" of Iran and was one of 16 Iranian athletes granted a badge of courage from [[President of Iran|Iranian President]] [[Mohammad Khatami]]. As a reward for setting a world record in the clean and jerk at the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships in [[Warsaw]], Poland, Mohammad Khatami awarded him 600 million [[Iranian rial|rial]]s (a little more than US$60,000 at the time) to buy a house in [[Tehran]]. After his spectacular performance, he was offered by [[Turkey]]'s Weightlifting Federation a stipend of US$20,000 a month, as well as a luxury villa and US$10 million reward if he switched nationalities and won gold for [[Turkey]] at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but he turned down their offer. Rezazadeh rejected the tempting offer saying, "I am an Iranian and love my country and people."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/24oly-lift1.htm |title=World's strongest man ready for more |access-date=2007-12-01 |year=2007 |work=Rediff.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9365980/Hossein-Rezazadeh-wins-Olympic-superheavyweight-weightlifting-Sydney-2000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726143308/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9365980/Hossein-Rezazadeh-wins-Olympic-superheavyweight-weightlifting-Sydney-2000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |title=Great Olympic Moments: Iranian weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh dominates Sydney and Athens Games |date=2012-07-06|publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

Rezazadeh surprised many at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], earning a gold medal and breaking the decades-old monopoly on the gold by the [[Soviet Union]] and then [[Russia]]. His gold medal was the first since 1960 by a non-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] or non-[[Russia]]n athlete in the over 105 [[kg]] class at a non boycotted Games. He broke his records in the [[clean and jerk]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] again leading up to 263.5&nbsp;kg (580.9 pounds). His total (both lifts combined) at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] of 472.5&nbsp;kg was 17.5&nbsp;kg more than silver medalist [[Viktors Ščerbatihs]]. He has been named [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] World Weightlifter of the Year, and was shortlisted for weightlifter of the century.

Rezazadeh was also referred to by weightlifting commentators as "the strongest man in the world", primarily due to his world records in the olympics.

In 2006 the [[Reza Zadeh Stadium|Rezazadeh Stadium]] was built in Rezazadeh's hometown of [[Ardabil]]. It was built to honour the achievements of Rezazadeh and is one of the most modern and innovative indoor arenas in [[Iran]] today.

In early 2008 Rezazadeh participated in a television commercial promoting a real estate agency based in Dubai. His participation surprised many of his fans and was seen as demeaning to both himself and his country, given the promotion of buying estates in a land deemed as a rival. This eventually led to the decision of the Iranian Majles to ban any sort of sponsorship from any high-profile Iranian - i.e. athlete, actor, singer - for any sort of product or service, due to the direct encouragement of product consumerism.<ref name="wp080726" />

In 2008, Rezazadeh was advised by Dr. Mohammad Ali Shahi, his physician and medical athletic trainer, not to participate in the [[2008 Olympics]] due to his severe hand injuries and his high blood pressure. To his fans' surprise and disappointment he officially announced in a letter read via [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|National Iranian Television]] that he had accepted the advice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/sport/2008/07/2008724145844470332.html|title=Iran's 'Hercules' out of Games|work=Al Jazeera|access-date=July 24, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317063233/https://www.aljazeera.com/sport/2008/07/2008724145844470332.html|archive-date=2012-03-17}}</ref> The next day Rezazdeh wrote another public letter announcing his retirement from professional weightlifting. He said "I am pretty sure that my fellow country men will repeat my accomplishments again and I hope my son Abulfazl will break my own records in future".

Immediately following his retirement Rezazdeh was appointed as the Prime Counselor for Iranian national weight lifting federation.

In September 2008, Rezazadeh was named manager and head coach of Iran's national weightlifting team.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=177293|title= Rezazadeh named weightlifting manager|date= 2008-09-07|access-date= 2008-12-15|newspaper= [[Tehran Times]]}}</ref> In January 2009, he was blamed for positive results of the steroid tests of four Iranian weightlifters. Later on, one of the team members, [[Saeid Alihosseini]] accused him of using steroids in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1480378&Lang=P|title= "سارانداليف" به جاي رضازاده تست داد|date= 2010-01-26|access-date= 2010-01-27|publisher= [[Iranian Students News Agency|ISNA]]|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100129034710/http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1480378&Lang=P|archive-date= 2010-01-29}}</ref> Rezazadeh has publicly vowed to fight doping in weightlifting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=210410|title = Rezazadeh vows to fight doping|date = 20 December 2009}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Rezazadeh was elected as a member of [[City Council of Tehran]] in [[2013 Iranian local elections|2013 local elections]].

==Major result==
<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=517BD6D004B9479CB56405ECFE639166|title=Rezazadeh Hossein (IRI)|publisher= www.iat.uni-leipzig.de|access-date=2009-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=4 |title=2004 Summer Olympics: +105 kg Men |access-date=2016-08-19 |archive-date=2018-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709185646/http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40|Year
! rowspan=2 width=250|Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60|Weight
!colspan=5| Snatch (kg)
!colspan=5| Clean & jerk (kg)
!rowspan=2 width=60| Total
!rowspan=2 width=40| Rank
|-
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=60|Result
! width=45|Rank
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=60|Result
! width=45|Rank
|-
! colspan=15|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Sydney]], Australia || [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||205.0||<s>210.0</s>||212.5||'''212.5''' ||1||250.0||255.0||260.0||'''260.0''' ||2||'''472.5''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], Greece || [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||200.0||207.5||210.0||'''210.0''' ||1||250.0||<s>263.5</s>||263.5||'''262.5''' ||1||'''472.5'''{{ref label|a|a|a}}||{{Gold1}}
|-
! colspan=15|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
|[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships|1999]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], Greece || [[1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||<s>200.0</s>||200.0||206.0||'''205.0''' ||'''{{silver2}}'''||242.5||<s>252.5</s>||<s>252.5</s>||'''242.5''' ||5||'''447.5''' ||'''{{Bronze3}}'''
|-
|[[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002]] || align=left| {{flag icon|POL}} [[Warsaw]], Poland || [[2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||200.0||205.0||210.0||'''210.0''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||252.5||263.0||—||'''262.5''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''472.5''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2003]] || align=left| {{flag icon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]], Canada || [[2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||200.0||207.5||<s>213.5</s>||'''207.5''' ||'''{{Silver2}}'''||250.0||<s>263.5</s>||—||'''250.0''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''457.5''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
|[[2005 World Weightlifting Championships|2005]] || align=left| {{flag icon|QAT}} [[Doha]], Qatar || [[2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||201||205||210||'''210''' ||'''{{Silver2}}'''||251||<s>263</s>||—||'''251'''||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''461'''||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
|[[2006 World Weightlifting Championships|2006]] || align=left| {{flag icon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic || [[2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||196||202||<s>206</s>||'''202'''||'''{{Gold1}}'''||242||246||—||'''246'''||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''448'''||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
! colspan=15|[[Weightlifting at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games|1998]] || align=left| {{flag icon|THA}} [[Bangkok]], Thailand || [[Weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||187.5||||||'''187.5''' ||3||227.5||||||'''227.5''' ||3||'''415.0''' ||'''{{Bronze3}}'''
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games|2002]] || align=left| {{flag icon|KOR}} [[Busan]], South Korea || [[Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||190.0||200.0||—||'''200.0''' ||1||240.0||<s>263.0</s>||—||'''240.0''' ||1||'''440.0''' ||''{{Gold1}}''
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games|2006]] || align=left| {{flag icon|QAT}} [[Doha]], Qatar || [[Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||185||190||195||'''195''' ||1||230||—||—||'''230''' ||1||'''425''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
! colspan=15|[[Asian Weightlifting Championships|Asian Championships]]
|-
|[[1999 Asian Weightlifting Championships|1999]] || align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wuhan]], China || +105&nbsp;kg ||200.0||||||'''200.0''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||230.0||||||'''230.0''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''430.0''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
|[[2003 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2003]] || align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Qinhuangdao]], China || +105&nbsp;kg ||200.0||213.0||—||'''212.5''' ||{{Gold1}}||250.0||—||—||'''250.0''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''462.5''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
|[[2005 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2005]] || align=left| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates || +105&nbsp;kg ||200||||||'''200''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||260||||||'''260''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''||'''460''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''
|-
! colspan=15|World Junior Championships
|-
|1998 || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]], Bulgaria || +105&nbsp;kg ||160.0||170.0||<s>172.5</s>||'''170.0''' ||6||<s>205.0</s>||<s>210.0</s>||<s>210.0</s>||—||—||—||—
|}

===[[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)#+105 kg|World records]]===
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/ANNUAL_BOOK_01_98.PDF|title=IWF annual book 2007|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/record_cur.php|title=World records: current|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|access-date=2009-06-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424110454/http://www.iwf.net/results/record_cur.php|archive-date=2009-04-24}}</ref><ref name="srwl">{{cite web|url=https://strengthrecord.com/weightlifting-world-records/ |title=STRENGTH RECORD, Weightlifting World Records |website=www.strengthrecord.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref>

{|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Discipline !! Result (kg) !! Location !! Competition !! Date
|-
! colspan=6|'''+105&nbsp;kg'''
|-
|Snatch
|'''206.0'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]]
|[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|World Championships]]
|28 November 1999
|-
|Snatch
|'''212.5'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sydney]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Olympic Games]]
|26 September 2000
|-
|Total
|'''467.5'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sydney]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Olympic Games]]
|26 September 2000
|-
|Total
|'''472.5'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sydney]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Olympic Games]]
|26 September 2000
|-
|Clean & jerk
|'''263.0'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]]
|[[2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|World Championships]]
|26 November 2002
|-
|Snatch
|'''213.0'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Qinhuangdao]]
|[[2003 Asian Weightlifting Championships|Asian Championships]]
|14 September 2003
|-
|Clean & jerk
|'''263.5'''
|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Olympic Games]]
|25 August 2004
|}

== Notes and references ==
* {{note label|a|a|a}} Before May 1, 2005, the totals in weightlifting were calculated by adding the result from the snatch and clean & jerk to the nearest 2.5&nbsp;kg. This is why his [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|2004]] Olympic performance adds up as 472.5&nbsp;kg. 473.5 is not divisible by 2.5, thus it is rounded down to 472.5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/news/news.html#01.05.2005/1|title=IWF News May 1st 2005|access-date=September 11, 2019|work=IWF.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526001906/https://www.iwf.net/news/news.html#01.05.2005/1|archive-date=2005-05-26}}</ref>

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==External links==
{{commons category|Hossein Rezazadeh}}
* {{IWRP|11639|Hossein Rezazadeh}}
* {{IWF|325|Hossein REZA ZADEH|athlete=reza-zadeh-hossein-1978-05-12|archive=20210414100524}}
* {{Olympics.com|hossein-reza-zadeh|Hossein REZA ZADEH|org_archive=20190420162401}}
* {{Olympedia|94941|Hossein Reza Zadeh}}

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