Tofigh Jahanbakht
Iranian wrestler (1931–1970)
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| Born | 9 February 1931 Sarab, East Azerbaijan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 April 1970 (aged 39) London, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tofigh Jahanbakht (Persian: توفیق جهانبخت, 9 February 1931 – 28 April 1970) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships, which was Iran's first gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships, and also a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics.[1][2]
Tofigh had a hereditary liver illness, which resulted in the death of his mother and brother. He died of the same illness in London, aged 39.[3]
References
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- ^ Jahanbakht Tofigh. sports-reference.com
- ^ Tovfighe, Djahanbakte (IRI), Tofighe, Jahanbakht (IRI). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Jahanbakht Tofigh. National Olympic Committee of Iran
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Olympic medalists for Iran
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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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