Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour
Iranian wrestler (1931–2007)
 Khojastehpour (left) at the 1956 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 July 1931[1] Tehran, Iran[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2007 (aged approximately 76) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
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Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour Birang (Persian: محمدعلی خجستهپور بیرنگ; 1 July 1931 – 2007) was an Iranian flyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Olympics and placed fourth at the 1959 World Championships.[2][3]
Khojastehpour was born in a family of eight siblings and took up wrestling aged 14. After retiring from competitions he worked as a national wrestling coach. He died from a heart-related disease.[1]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour.
- ^ a b c Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour. National Olympic Committee of Iran
- ^ Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour. sports-reference.com
- ^ Khojastepoor, Mohammad-Ali (IRI). iat.uni-leipzig.de
External links
- Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour at the International Wrestling Database
- Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour at Olympedia
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Olympic medalists for Iran
- 1900
- 1948
- 1952
- 1956
- 1960
- 1964
- 1968
- 1972
- 1976
- 1988
- 1992
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Gold medalists- Emam-Ali Habibi
- Gholamreza Takhti
- Mohammad Nassiri
- Abdollah Movahed
- Rasoul Khadem
- Hossein Tavakkoli
- Hossein Rezazadeh (2 titles)
- Alireza Dabir
- Hadi Saei (2 titles)
- Saeid Mohammadpour
- Hamid Sourian
- Omid Norouzi
- Navab Nassirshalal
- Ghasem Rezaei
- Behdad Salimi
- Komeil Ghasemi
- Kianoush Rostami
- Sohrab Moradi
- Hassan Yazdani
- Javad Foroughi
- Mohammad Reza Geraei
- Sajjad Ganjzadeh
Silver medalists- Gholamreza Takhti (2 titles)
- Nasser Givehchi
- Mahmoud Namjoo
- Mehdi Yaghoubi
- Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour
- Parviz Jalayer
- Mohammad Nassiri
- Rahim Aliabadi
- Mansour Barzegar
- Askari Mohammadian (2 titles)
- Abbas Jadidi
- Alireza Rezaei
- Masoud Mostafa-Jokar
- Kianoush Rostami
- Sajjad Anoushiravani
- Ehsan Haddadi
- Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
- Sadegh Goudarzi
- Komeil Ghasemi
- Ali Davoudi
- Hassan Yazdani
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