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'''Reza Zarebahram Abadi Powerlifter '''

Reza Zarebahram Abadi( Born in May 1972) is an Iranian powerlifter who gained several first places, cup and medals in World Powerlifting Congress meets in World Championship 2013 Prague, 2014 Europe Azerbaijan, Eurasia 2015 Russia and World Championships 2016 USA.

'''Early Athletic Experience '''

Reza started his athletic activities when he was only a teenager, in field of Shotokan Karate and he progressed very fast from gaining the green belt in 1989 to gaining Black belt Dan2 in 1993. Meanwhile he learned the sport of TaeKownDo and gained red belt in this field in 1993 as well. He was also able to gain the 3rd Iran National championship award in Shotokan Karate in 1992 and he was able to gain National Bronze medal in the same year. In 1993 he participated in First Round of National Karate Championship that was being held by Iran Karate Federation in Tehran and I gained the 3rd rank and Bronze medal.

'''Powerlifting Acheivments '''

In 2009 he got acquainted with the sport of Powerlifting and the first international competitions he participated in was held by World Powerlifting Congress in Baku Azerbaijan(2010). In 2013 he participated in Prague, Czech Republic World Championships in 2013 that was being held by World Powerlifting Congress(WPC) and he was able to gain 1st place in Men's deadlift M1 -100kg Raw and also the 2nd place in M1-90kg Equipped with total of 840.00 kg.

In 2014 Reza participated in WPC European Championship Powerlifting Bench-Press and Deadlift in Baku Azerbaijan and he gained first place in Men's 100 kg Master 40-44.

In 2015 he participated in Open Eurasia Powerlifting Competitions and gained the first place in Masters 40-44 with total of 912.5 Kg.

In Nov 2016, Reza participated in WPC World Championship in Louisiana, USA and was able to gain the 1st place in Multi Ply Deadlift Men's Master 40-44 100 kg.

Reza is still an active powerlifter and is training hard for the future competitions.

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