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) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankSummer Universiade2013 Kazan, Russia 77 kg 1531571572194198--1355World Championships2013 Wrocław, Poland 77 kg 1581581625196196196435442014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 85 kg 14915315622182190--21343222015 Houston, United States 77 kg 15315816210193193194------Asian Games2014 Incheon, South Korea 85 kg 158163163419720521043684Asian Championships2009 Taldykorgan, kazakhstan 77 kg 146152155418318718743392013 Astana, kazakhstan 77 kg 1551601631952032033660
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