Reza Atri

Reza Atri Nagharchi (Persian: رضا اطری نقارچی, born 8 August 1994 in Tehran) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He won a gold medal at the 2019 Asian Championships, and bronze medals at the 2017 Asian Championships and 2018 Asian Games.[3][4][5]

Reza Atri
Atri at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Birth nameرضا اطری نقارچی
Full nameReza Atri Nagharchi
Nationality Iran
Born (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994
Tehran,[1] Iran
Home townBabol,[2] Iran
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Iran
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class57-61 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubWrestling Club, Babol
Coached byMahmoud Hassannia
Achievements and titles
World finals5th (2019) Silver (2022)
Regional finalsBronze (2017)

Bronze (2018)

Gold (2019)
Olympic finals5th (2020)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 61 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 New Delhi 57 kg
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Mungyeong57 kg

Career

Atri began his professional career with a silver medal at the Junior Asian Championship, 2014 in the 55 kg division.[6] Moving up to the senior level, Atri achieved a bronze medal at the 2015 Military World Games. In the following year, Atri earned two gold medals in the Aleksandr Medved's Prizes,[7] and the Paris Grand Prix.[8] At the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships, Atri was awarded a bronze medal after defeating his opponent from South Korea.[9] At the 2018 Asian games, Atri wrestled in the 57 kg division and won a bronze medal after defeating Bhagawati Sah Teli, Sandeep Tomar, and Kim Sung-gwon. A year after, Atri won a gold medal at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships after defeating Kang Kum-song in the final match. In the same year, Atri secured the fifth place in the World Championships and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Atri won against Süleyman Atlı and Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar and proceeded to the semifinal, but then lost to Zaur Uguev. He didn't advance to the final match and ended up tied fifth.[10]

On 18 September 2022, he competed at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in the 61 kg division and won a silver medal. He won four matches by defeating Besir Alili, Islam Bazarganov, Georgi Vangelov, and Narmandakhyn Narankhüü. However, Atri lost the final match to the Japanese wrestler Rei Higuchi.

Achievements
  • World Championships – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2022
  • World Cup – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016
  • Asian Championships – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2017, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2019
  • Asian Games – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2018
  • Paris Tournament – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016
  • Aleksandr Medved's Prizes – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016
  • Military World Games – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2015
  • Asian Junior Championship – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2014

References
  1. "اطری: امسال در اولین روز مسابقات جهانی، کشتی می‌گیرم/ دریغ از یک تماس ساده از بابلی‌ها برای حال و احوال!". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. "روستایی زاده ای از بابل". Keyhan Varzeshi. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. Reza Atri. asiangames2018.id
  4. "Reza Atri". iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  5. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. "2014, JUNIOR ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF).
  7. "ALEXANDRE MEDVED'S PRIZES,2016" (PDF).
  8. "Paris Tournament,2016" (PDF).
  9. "2017 Asian Championships".
  10. "olympics-2020".
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