Ali Shabanibengar (Persian: علی شعبانی بنگر, born 18 May 1995) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms.
After notably defeating Mojtaba Goleij, he went on to violently upset the dominant Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian twice in a row to claim the spot, although he ended up not being sent to the Individual World Cup.
[8] The Iranian Wrestling Federation decided that the Poland Open (which took place on June 8) would decide the country's representative at the Summer Olympics, contested between Shabani, Alireza Karimi and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian.
[9][10] After wins over '19 World Championship medalist Magomedgadzhi Nurov and multiple–time Asian Championship medalist Alisher Yergali, he was defeated by Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian in a closely contested two–point final bout.
[11] This result determined Mohammadian as the representative for Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics.