Hossein Tavakoli won Monday at 231 1/4 pounds. Rezazadeh lifted 1,040 pounds to overtake Weller of Germany and bronze medalist Ashot Danielyan of Armenia.

Iranian weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh might be the strongest man in the world, but forces more powerful than his mighty arms prevent the two-time Olympic champion from exploiting his strength on ...

Hossein Rezazadeh, from Iran, is certainly a good example of this principle. Born in 1978, he started to shine at the end of the 1990s, with one bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Games, the gold at the ...

Rezazadeh, known as the "Iranian Hercules", won Olympic gold in the 105kg category in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004) and was named the World's Best Weightlifter by the International Weightlifting ...

Or even Hossein Rezazadeh, the weightlifter better known as “Iranian Hercules.” A few weeks ago, each was a headliner, someone the rest of the competition respected and possibly feared.

Twice Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh will not compete in the Beijing Games after doctors told him not to carry out "heavy and stressful activity," an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday.

It’s been a staple at International House of Food for the past 24 years, since the day Hossein Rezazadeh opened his deli-supermarket on North Monroe Street in 1991.

TEHRAN -- Hossein Rezazadeh, the strongest man of the world in 2002 and 2003, expressed hope to reign the +105kg weightlifting category for the coming years. Rezazadeh and Hossein Tavakkoli are to ...

Iran's Hossein Rezazadeh won the gold medal in the Olympic men's weightlifting superheavyweight 105kg and over category with a world-record-breaking display.