Rashid Sharifi Sadeh (, born September 21, 1984, in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category.
At the 2007 World Championships, he ranked 8th with a total of 410 kg.
He won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 426 kg and 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 440 kg, but he lost this medal because he tested positive for doping, as did fellow Iranian weightlifting team members Anoush Armak and Omid Naiij Kenar.
After retirement of the Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh, he succeeded him representing Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to his poor test results he was placed at group B of the competitions and finished 6th.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankOlympic Games2008 Beijing, China +105 kg 188192196623023823874266World Championships2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand +105 kg 1801881881322023023584108Asian Championships2008 Kanazawa, Japan +105 kg 1801901902202302364262009 Taldykorgan, kazakhstan +105 kg 192200200DSQ230240246DSQ---DSQ2013 Astana, Kazakhstan +105 kg 185191197 220226232417World Junior Championships2004 Minsk, Belarus +105 kg 172.5172.5172.5207.5207.5207.5------
Notes and references
External links Athlete Biography at beijing2008