Ali Mirzaei (Persian: علی میرزایی, 28 January 1929 – 18 July 2020) was an Iranian weightlifter who competed in the 56 kg category.[1]
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Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1929-01-28)28 January 1929 Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 July 2020(2020-07-18) (aged 91) Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His greatest achievement was winning the bronze medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki).[2] He won twice a medal at the World Championships. The silver medal in Milan at the 1951 World Weightlifting Championships and the bronze medal three years later in Vienna at the 1954 World Weightlifting Championships. He won the silver medal at the 1951 Asian Games.
During his career Mirzaei set 1 world record.
Ali Mirzaei
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