Amin Mirzazadeh

At 27, Amin Mirzazadeh stands as the world’s premier heavyweight in Greco-Roman wrestling—an Olympic bronze medalist in Paris, a reigning world champion, and the top contender for gold in Zagreb. With the retirement of Cuba’s legendary Mijaín López and the suspension of Turkey’s Rıza Kayaalp, the Iranian powerhouse enters the mat carrying both expectation and fear across the wrestling world.