The awards, run by the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) magazine World Weightlifting, attracted 38,000 votes for the male and female prizes.

Rostami received a massive share of more than 20,000 votes after his Olympic gold medal performance in Rio de Janeiro in August.

The 25-year-old won the under-85 kilogram title to improve upon the silver medal he won in the same division at London 2012.

Double world champion Rostami came in front of runner-up Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia, the Rio 2016 champion at over-105kg.

Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan, Olympic gold medallist in the under-77kg category, placed third.

Twenty-two-year-old Tanasan was recognised after winning the women's under-48kg gold medal in Rio.

She received 1,200 more votes than China's second placed lifer Deng Wei, who won the women's under-63kg Olympic title.

Chinese Taipei's Hsu Shu-ching, the under-53kg winner who defended her London 2012 crown, placed third.

Only 55 votes separated second and third places.

The awards are named after Hungarian Boskovics, a journalist who was editor-in-chief of World Weightlifting.

He was heavily involved in the sport until he died in 2010.