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Mansour Barzegar (Persian: منصور برزگر; born 28 February 1947) is a retired Iranian welterweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and placed fifth and second, respectively. At the world championships he won one gold and two silver medals between 1973 and 1977.[1][2][3]

Mansour Barzegar

Barzegar in 1979
Personal information
Born	(1947-02-28) 28 February 1947 (age 75) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran[1]
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Medal record Representing  Iran Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 74 kg World Championships 1973 Tehran 74 kg 1975 Minsk 74 kg 1977 Lausanne 74 kg Asian Games 1974 Tehran 74 kg

Barzegar was born as the fifth boy in a large sporting family, he also had one sister. He lost his father at the age of 6, and was included into the national wrestling team aged 24.[3] He was seriously injured in the final of the 1975 World Championships, when he lost to his long-time rival Ruslan Ashuraliyev, but recovered by the 1976 Olympics to win another silver medal. Barzegar retired from competitions at the 1979 World Championships and then had a long career as a national wrestling coach.[4]

References

External links

• Mansour Barzegar at International Wrestling Database
• Mansour Barzegar at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Mansour Barzegar

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[fr] Mansour Barzegar

Mansour Barzegar est un lutteur iranien spécialiste de la lutte libre né le 28 février 1947 à Téhéran.

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[it] Mansour Barzegar

Mansour Barzegar (in persiano منصور برزگر‎; Teheran, 28 febbraio 1947) è un ex lottatore iraniano, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Барзегар, Мансур

Мансур Барзегар (перс. منصور برزگر‎, род. 28 февраля 1947, Тегеран) — иранский борец вольного стиля, чемпион мира и Азиатских игр, призёр Олимпийских игр.

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