Raising the bar! 18-year-old Iranian weightlifter aims for new world record

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An 18-year-old Iranian weightlifter was seen training in a Quaem Shahr County gym on Sunday, in preparation for his attempt to set a new world record.

The talented Alireza Yousefi explained how he had taken up the sport 9 years prior and had been training professionally for the past 4 years.

At the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Yousefi managed to break the youth record, previously set in 2019 by Ali Davoudi, by lifting 238kg in the clean and jerk.

“I worked very hard to break this record,” stated Yousefi.

The young athlete has been supported by both his coach and family, with his father having encouraged him to enter the realm of sports.

“He has a great future. If they pay attention to him, which they do not, he can break heavy records at this young age,” said weightlifting club manager Ghasem Ghazalian.

Regarding his future plans, Yousefi said that he would like to further better the youth record, as well as breaking the adult weightlifting record, to ‘regain the world record in the name of Iran.’

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SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “I am Alireza Yousefi, born in 2003 in Ghaemshahr. I have been training for 9 years, I have been participating in the national team camp professionally for 4 years and I was able to win various medals, and I am a world record holder for teenagers. In 2021, I was able to break the world youth record.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “At that moment, I felt very good, because I had worked so hard for it. And I’m very happy that I was able to break this record and set it in my own name.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “I worked very hard to break this record. And I was in the national team camp for about five months, and I’m very happy that I was able to get that honour.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “By the decision of my father, I chose this sports field. Due to my physical strength, I entered this field.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “This field has problems, difficulties and high costs. This is a war with cold steel. And we have financial problems and physical injuries.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “Before I competed in the 2021 World Championships, in the adults category, and I had a serious injury. My hand got stuck under the weight, and my wrist was injured. And thank God, I was able to lift heavy weights with the same wrist. But, well, I got a little annoyed after the match and I have to treat it.”

SOT, Ghasem Ghazalian, Weightlifting club manager (Farsi): “He has a great future. If they pay attention to him, which they do not, he can break heavy records at this young age. He is in the youth category. The federation used him and introduced him as an adult. He weighed-in in the adult category. He also broke a record in the youth category. He holds the world record.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “My plan for my future, God willing, is to better the world youth record, and in the very near future to better the world adult record, and to regain the world record in the name of Iran.”

SOT, Alireza Yousefi, Iranian weightlifter (Farsi): “The medals I have won so far have been a gold medal in the Asian Youth Competition, a gold medal in the Olympic Youth Competition and a bronze in the World Youth Competition. I was also able to set a world record in the youth and teenager categories in my own name.”

SOT, Mostafa Yousefi, Alireza Yousefi’s father (Farsi): “Shortly after I decided to get Alireza into weightlifting, I realized that he was fortunately very interested. Weightlifting from the beginning is associated with a series of pains that children do not like at a young age. Weightlifting exercises should be done daily. He himself was very interested. Sometimes I could get him to practice, sometimes he would go by himself. He had very good perseverance. Thank God, so far he has been able to achieve the result we wanted.”

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