Kianoush Rostami

Kianoush Rostami (Persian: کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Olympian weightlifter.

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.

Rostami won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.

[1][2] In 2016, while competing at the Fajr Cup, in Tehran, Iran, Kianoush broke the Clean and jerk world record for his weight division, lifting 220 kg.

[3] Kianoush Rostami competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, representing Iran in the 85 kg weight division.