title: Rasoul Taghian
text: # Rasoul Taghian
  
  Rasoul Taghian Chadegani (Persian: رسول تقیان چادگانی, born 21 January 1987) is an Iranian weightlifter. He has won multiple medals in various weightlifting competitions, including the gold medal in the Men's 77 kg weight class at the 2013 Universiade Kazan Weightlifting Championships. In that same competition, he set new records in both the clean and jerk and the total categories. In 2013, he was named the best weightlifting athlete in Asia and ranked second in the world.
  
  Taghian's older brother, Javad Taghian, was his first coach, and he has continued to compete at a high level in weightlifting throughout his career.
  
  ## Major results
  
  | Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
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  | Year | Venue | Weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Summer Universiade |||||||||||||
  | 2013 | Kazan, Russia | 77 kg | 153 | 157 | 157 | 2 | 194 | 198 | -- | 1 | 355 | |
  | World Championships |||||||||||||
  | 2013 | Wrocław, Poland | 77 kg | 158 | 158 | 162 | 5 | 196 | 196 | 196 | 4 | 354 | 4 |
  | 2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 85 kg | 149 | 153 | 156 | 22 | 182 | 190 | -- | 21 | 343 | 22 |
  | 2015 | Houston, United States | 77 kg | 153 | 158 | 162 | 10 | 193 | 193 | 194 | -- | -- | -- |
  | Asian Games |||||||||||||
  | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | 85 kg | 158 | 163 | 163 | 4 | 197 | 205 | 210 | 4 | 368 | 4 |
  | Asian Championships |||||||||||||
  | 2009 | Taldykorgan, kazakhstan | 77 kg | 146 | 152 | 155 | 4 | 183 | 187 | 187 | 4 | 339 | |
  | 2013 | Astana, kazakhstan | 77 kg | 155 | 160 | 163 | | 195 | 203 | 203 | | 366 | |
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