Kianoush Rostami

Kianoush Rostami
Kianoush Rostami with gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameکیانوش رستمی
NationalityIranian
Born (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991
Kermanshah, Iran
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2016)
Weight89 kg (196 lb) (2021)
Sport
Country Iran (until 2025)
 Kosovo (from 2025)
SportWeightlifting
Event–89 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 179 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 225 kg (2019)
  • Total: 403 kg (2019)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro85 kg
2012 London85 kg
World Championships
2011 Paris85 kg
2014 Almaty85 kg
2015 Houston85 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon85 kg
Asian Championships
2020 Tashkent89 kg
2011 Tongling85 kg
2012 Pyeongtaek85 kg
World Junior Championships
2010 Sofia85 kg
2011 Penang85 kg

Kianoush Rostami (Persian: کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian-born naturalized Kosovan olympian weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.

Rostami won the silver medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He originally took home the bronze medal, which ascended to a silver medal when Apti Aukhadov tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone from samples taken in 2012.

Despite having the third highest total at 96 kg in Olympic qualifying, Rostami failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, as he sat 31st in the ROBI point rankings because he scored zero points in the second qualification period (1 May 2019 to 31 October 2019) of the 2020 Olympics after missing all three lifts in the snatch portion of the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.

In March 2025, Rostami received Kosovo citizenship and in July 2025 he will gain the right to represent Kosovo.