Hossein Tavakkoli (; born January 10, 1978, in Mahmoudabad, Mazandaran) is an Iranian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2017, he start training Ehsan Hadadi, an olympic silver medalist in discus throwing, for 2020 Olympic Games preparation. Major result References 1978 births Living people Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes Olympic weightlifters of Iran Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Iran Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games People from Mahmudabad, Mazandaran Sportspeople from Mazandaran province 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people