Rasoul Khadem

Rasoul Khadem
Rasoul Khadem during 2016 Summer Olympics
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 2003 – 3 September 2013
Personal details
BornRasoul Khadem Azghadi
(1972-03-18) 18 March 1972
Mashhad, Iran
PartyIndependent
Parent
RelativesAmir Reza Khadem (brother) Ebrahim Khadem (brother)
Sports career
CountryIran
SportWrestling
Medal record
Representing Iran
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games


Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 82 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Istanbul 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1998 Tehran 130 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima 90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1990 Beijing 68 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 New Delhi 82 kg
Gold medal – first place 1992 Tehran 82 kg
Gold medal – first place 1993 Ulan Bator 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Manila 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 Xiaoshan 90 kg

Rasoul Khadem Azghadi (Persian: رسول خادم ازغدی, born March 18, 1972) is a former Iranian wrestler who has won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was also the 1994 and 1995 world champion and 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion. He was trained by his father Mohammad Khadem, and he is also the younger brother of Olympic wrestling bronze medalists Amir Reza Khadem and Ebrahim Khadem.

He was the president of Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation from January 4, 2014, to November 3, 2018. He was also the technical director of Iran's wrestling national teams and the head coach of Iran's freestyle national team from January 2012 to 2018. In addition, he was elected as an executive board member of National Olympic Committee of Iran on January 20, 2014, and served until January 2018.

Personal life

On 4 January 2026, Khadem publicly supported the 2025–2026 Iranian protests by posting a scene from The Death of Yazdgerd, a movie banned by the Islamic Republic, in which the main character, a baker named Mobed, tells his wife he's going to send a message to the people of Iran; his wife, played by Susan Taslimi, responds with "Send a message, Mobed, but add a little bread to it; we people are full of messages and hungry for bread."[1] On 25 January, concerning the high casualty rate of the protests, wrote on his Instagram: "The homeland is grieving. We are grieving."[2]

Major achievements

  • Junior World Championship – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1991 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1989
  • World Championships – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1994 1995 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1998
  • Olympic Games - 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1996 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1992

References

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