22 11 2025

The national powerlifting championships for male students from universities and higher education institutions, hosted by the University of Kurdistan, concluded with the announcement of the top individual and team performers.

University of Kurdistan Team Wins National Powerlifting Championships

According to the Public Relations Office of the University of Kurdistan, after three days of intense competition in powerlifting and bench press, with over 100 athletes from 27 universities participating, the University of Kurdistan secured the team championship title. Shahid Beheshti University and Ayatollah Borujerdi University finished in second and third place, respectively.

Individual Results:

Powerlifting (Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift):

  • -59 kg: 1. Arian Shabani (Ayatollah Borujerdi) 2. Kian Karami (Mohaghegh Ardabili) 3. Nima Saeedpour (Tabriz Art)

  • -66 kg: 1. Saeed Yelveh (Payame Noor Kurdistan) 2. Mehdi Mohammad Alikhani (Tabriz Art)

  • -74 kg: 1. Erfan Dashtiyar (Semnan) 2. Sajjad Babaei (Shahid Madani Azerbaijan) 3. Mohammad Ghahremani (Zanjan)

  • -83 kg: 1. Shirko Rouhian (Kurdistan) 2. Mohammad Sobhan Bayat (Shahid Beheshti) 3. Alireza Farajvand (Shahid Madani Azerbaijan)

  • -93 kg: 1. Amin Eyni (Sahand Tabriz) 2. Amirreza Kashi (Shahid Madani Azerbaijan) 3. Rezgar Babavaisi (Kurdistan)

  • -105 kg: 1. Hossein Akbari (Ayatollah Borujerdi) 2. Mahziar Aghamohammadi (Arak) 3. Mehdi Moradi (Razi)

  • -120 kg: 1. Yaser Navaei (Payame Noor Hamedan) 2. Omid Mohammadi (Bu-Ali Sina) 3. Amirreza Fathollahizadeh (Farhangian Ilam)

  • +120 kg: 1. Kouhyar Seyed Mirnasab (Shahid Beheshti)

Bench Press (Single Lift):

  • -59 kg: 1. Kian Zardouei (Kurdistan) 2. Morteza Hosseini (Ferdowsi Mashhad)

  • -66 kg: 1. Erfan Sadeghpour (Kurdistan) 2. Saeed Rostami (Shahid Chamran) 3. Amirmahdi Khodadadi (Shahid Beheshti)

  • -74 kg: 1. Hassan Bakhshian (Ferdowsi Mashhad) 2. Arvin Rezaei (Kurdistan) 3. Ali Hasheminejad (Birjand)

  • -83 kg: 1. Salar Bakhtiari (Arak) 2. Amirhossein Karimi (Razi Kermanshah) 3. Amirhossein Akbarzadeh (Sistan and Baluchestan)

  • -93 kg: 1. Ali Ebadi (Payame Noor Qom) 2. Mohammadreza Amini (Imam Khomeini International) 3. Matin Khalili (Shahid Beheshti)

  • -105 kg: 1. Mobin Mohammadi (Payame Noor Neka) 2. Mohammad Heydari (Zanjan) 3. Mohammad (Shahid Beheshti)

  • -120 kg: 1. Ali Eshaghi (Shahid Chamran) 2. Mohammadamin Naser (Kurdistan)

  • +120 kg: 1. Mohammad Shahbazi (Kurdistan)

Following these outstanding results, the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology's General Directorate of Physical Education is considering sending the University of Kurdistan's selected team to the World University Championships. If realized, this would mark a historic achievement for university and national sports.

The University of Kurdistan's Physical Education Department extends its sincere gratitude to the online store "Gmarket," the financial sponsor of this event, for providing valuable prizes to the top athletes, which added significant excitement and motivation to the competition.

The University of Kurdistan congratulates the students, coaches, the Physical Education Department, and the entire university community on this success and wishes them continued achievements.