Mehdi Yaghoubi
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 2 April 1930 Qazvin, Iran[1] |
| Died | 25 September 2021 (aged 91) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
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Mohammad Mahdi Yaghoubi (Persian: محمدمهدی یعقوبی; 2 April 1930 – 25 September 2021) was an Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956 in his weight category of under 57 kg. He also won a bronze medal at the 1951 World Wrestling Championships and placed fifth in 1954.[2][1][3][4] Yaghoubi had four brothers and four sisters. He quit school at the age of 15 to make free time for work and sport.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mehdi Yaghoubi. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "مدالآوران ایرانی المپیک؛ مهدی یعقوبی". BBC News فارسی (in فارسی). 4 April 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ Mehdi Yaghoubi. iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mahdi Yaghoubi. National Olympic Committee of Iran
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- Olympic wrestlers for Iran
- Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic silver medalists for Iran
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Sportspeople from Qazvin
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- 20th-century Iranian sportsmen