What is Alireza Soleimani?
[[File:Alireza Soleimani.jpg|thumb|Alireza Soleimani]] '''Alireza Soleimani Karbalaei''' ({{lang-fa| علیرضا سلیمانی کربلایی}}, 2 February 1956 &ndash; 21 May 2014) was an [[Iran]]ian [[Wrestling weight classes|super heavyweight]] [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle]] [[wrestler]]. He was the first and the only Iranian, to this day, to win the gold medal in the Superheavy Weight of Freestyle Wrestling. He won the medal at the [[1989 FILA Wrestling World Championships|World Championship 1989]]. He was born in [[Tehran]], Iran. Soleimani died from a heart attack, aged 58.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930231000464 |title=Iran's former World Wrestling Champion Soleimani Dies |access-date=2014-05-22 |archive-date=2014-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521152219/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930231000464 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://parssport.ir/sport_heros/alireza%20soleymani/alireza_soleymani.htm Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305095209/http://www.parssport.ir/sport_heros/alireza%20soleymani/alireza_soleymani.htm |date=2009-03-05 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soleimani, Alireza}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Iranian wrestlers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Tehran]] {{sports-bio-stub}}