• Iranian medalists at the Olympic games

      Iranian medalists at the Olympic games By the year 2004,  Iranian wrestlers have managed to win 29 Olympic medals including five  gold medals, 11 silver medals, and 13 bronze medals. In Greco-roman Iran have only two medals by Mohammad Paziraei and Rahim Aliabadi at the 1960 and 1972 Olymp ...

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      Iranian medalists at the Olympic games

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      By the year 2004,  Iranian wrestlers have managed to win 29 Olympic medals including five  gold medals, 11 silver medals, and 13 bronze medals. In Greco-roman Iran have only two medals by Mohammad Paziraei and Rahim Aliabadi at the 1960 and 1972 Olympic games.

      Iranian wrestlers medalists at the Olympic games
      1948 london(England):
      Iran Had no medal.
      Team ranking: ninth
      Coach: Saeim Arican 
      1952 Helsinki(Finland)

      52kg: Mahmoud Molaghasemi(bronze)
      62kg: Nasser Givechi(silver)
      67kg: Tofigh Jahanbakht(bronze)
      73kg: Abdullah Mojtabavi(bronze)
      79kg: Golamreza Takhti(silver)
      Team ranking: third
      Coach:Saeim Arican
      1956 Melbourne(Australia)

      52kg: Mohammad Ali Khojastepour(silver)
      57kg: Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi(silver)
      67kg: Emamali Habibi(gold)
      87kg: Gholamreza Takhti(gold)
      Team Ranking: third
      Coach: Habibollah Bolour
      1960Rome(Italy)

      52kg: Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour(bronze)
      87kg: Gholamreza Takhti(silver)
      Team Ranking: fifth
      Coach: Habibollah Bolour
      1964 Tokyo(Japan)
      52kg: Ali Akbar Heydari(bronze)
      78kg: Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran(bronze)

      Team Ranking: fifth
      Coach: Abbas Zandi 
      1968 Mexico city(Mexic)

      57kg: Aboutaleb Talebi(bronze)
      63kg: Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi(bronze)
      70kg: Abdullah Movahed (gold)
      Team Ranking: sixth
      Coach: Abbas Zandi 
      1972Munich(Germany)

      48kg: Ebrahim Javadi(bronze)

      Team Ranking: sixth
      Coach: Ali Ghafari
      Assistant coach: Parviz Sirouspour 
      1976Montreal(Canada)

      74kg: Mansoor Barzegar(silver)

      Team Ranking: Eight
      Coach: Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran
      Assistant coach: Ebrahim Javadi 
      1980Moscow(URS)
      Iran didn’t participate

      1984 Los Angeles(USA)
      Iran didn’t participate

      1988 Seol(South Korea)

      57kg: Askari Mohammadian(silver)

      Team Ranking: ninth
      Coaches: Reza Gholipour - Mohammadreza Navaei 
      1992 Barcelona(Espain)

      57kg: Askari Mohammadian(silver)
      74kg: Amir Reza Khadem(bronze)
      82kg: Rasoul Khadem(bronze)
      Team Ranking:  Sixth
      Coach: Mansour Barzegar 
      Assistant coaches: Ebrahim Javadi, Ali Bayat, Mohammadreza Navaei
      1996 Atlanta(USA)

      82kg: Amir Reza Khadem(bronze)
      90kg: Rasoul Khadem(gold)
      100kg: Abbas jadidi(silver)

      Team Ranking: Third
      Coach: Mansour Barzegar 
      Assistant coach: Mohammad Khadem 
      2000 Sydney(Australia)

      58kg: Alireza Dabir (gold)

      Team Ranking: Third
      Coach: Mansour Barzegar 
      2004 Athens(Greece)

      60kg: Masoud Mostafa Jokar(silver)
      96kg: Alireza Heydari(bronze)
      120kg: Alireza Rezaei(silver)

      Team Ranking: Sixth
      Coach: Mansour Barzegar
      Assistant Coach: Mahmoud Moezipour - Mohsen Kaveh 

      Greco-roman


      1960 Rome(Italy)

      52kg: Mohammad Paziraei(bronze)

      1972 Munich (Germany)
      48kg: Rahim Aliabadi (silver)