Saeid Alihosseini (, born 2 February 1988) is a former Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter. He failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009; the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years; in 2011, the ban was reduced to eight years.
Weightlifting career Doping ban Saeid had failed two doping tests in 2006 and October 2009; the latter was originally a lifetime ban, but was reduced upon first appeal to 12 years. In 2011, after it was discovered that his coach (who had been banned himself) was doping his athletes without their knowledge, the ban was reduced to eight years.
World Championships In 2017 he was eligible to return to international competition, and competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He won bronze medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, and after his teammate Behdad Salimi had his final clean and jerk overturned by the jury Saeid won the silver medal.
In 2018 Saeid was originally going to compete at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, but an injury forced him to withdraw from the competition.
Retirement In November 2019, Alihosseini announced his retirement from the sport after losing hope of competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Major results Major results: YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankWorld Championships2017 Anaheim, United States +105 kg 203203203236243251454Asian Games2018 Jakarta, Indonesia +105 kg 20120120812402482543456Asian Championships2005 Dubai, United Arab Emirates +105 kg 1715--------2019 Ningbo, China +109 kg 170180189920122023363908World Junior Championships2006 Hangzhou, China +105 kg 181 215396Asian Junior Championships2008 Jeonju, South Korea +105 kg 206 JWR 245 JWR 451 JWR Asian Interclub Championship2008 Goyang, South Korea +105 kg 200 242 442
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