Babak Ghorbani
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| Full name | Babak Ghorbani Goldasteh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 19, 1989 Kermanshah, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 16, 2014 (aged 25) Kermanshah, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Bagh Ferdos Cemetery, Kermanshah, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Touraj Mehri Mohammad Bana | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Babak Ghorbani (Persian: بابک قربانی; 19 March 1989 – 16 November 2014) was an Iranian wrestler.[1] In 2011 he was banned from competing for two years for doping, in 2012 he was charged in a murder, and in 2014 he committed suicide in prison.
Career
[edit | edit source]He won gold medal at 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
In 2011, Ghorbani was banned from participation in FILA events for two years due to use of anabolic steroids.[2] As a result, he was unable to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Death
[edit | edit source]In 2012, he was in a fight during a hunting trip in a mountainous area of Kermanshah, and was charged with murder for shooting a man to death.[3] He committed suicide in Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah on November 16, 2014, by ingesting an aluminum phosphide caplet used for fumigation.[4][5][3]
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- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
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- Iranian people who died in prison custody
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- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
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- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
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