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Mohammad-Jafar Salmasi (Persian: محمدجعفر سلماسی, 22 September 1918 – 31 January 2000) was an Iranian weightlifter who won Iran's first Olympic medal at 1948 Summer Olympics.

Jafar Salmasi

Medal record Representing  Iran Men's weightlifting Olympic Games 1948 London 60 kg Asian Games 1951 New Delhi 60 kg

Early life

Jafar Salmasi was born in Kadhimiya, Iraq but was originally from Salmas in northwestern Iran. Before he began his career as a weightlifter, he was a teacher at an Iranian school in Baghdad. An accomplished athlete, he taught himself gymnastics moves by reading illustrated books.[1]

He discovered weightlifting in his late 20s during a trip to Tehran, and later was asked by the Iranian government to compete in a national weightlifting tournament. He won, and in 1948 went to London to compete for Iran's first Olympic team.

International weightlifting career

On 7 July 1948, he won the bronze medal in the 56 – 60 kg featherweight event.[2]

He was the Iranian champion in the featherweight weight class for five years, 1944 through 1948.

Salmasi returned to Baghdad after the Olympics. Later, won the gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.

Later life

Later, Salmasi trained Iraqi weightlifters and continued teaching Iranian students there. When Saddam Hussein took power, Salmasi left Iraq and moved to Iran with his family.

He died in Tehran in January, 2000.

References

• Biography
• www.chidlovski.net
• Jafar Salmasi's profile at Sports Reference.com

Olympic Games
Preceded by Mahmoud Namjoo	Flagbearer for  Iran Rome 1960	Succeeded by Nosratollah Shahmir [fa]

На других языках

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- [en] Jafar Salmasi

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[fr] Jafar Salmasi

Jafar Salmasi, né le 22 septembre 1918 à Bagdad et mort le 31 janvier 2000 à Téhéran, est un haltérophile iranien.

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[it] Jafar Salmasi

Mohammad Jafar Salmasi, in persiano محمد جعفر سلماسی (Al-Kazimiyya, 22 settembre 1918 – Salmas, 31 gennaio 2000), è stato un sollevatore iraniano.

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[ru] Салмаси, Джафар

Джафар Мохаммад Салмаси (перс. جعفرمحمد سلماسی‎, 22 сентября 1918 — 31 января 2000) — тяжелоатлет, азербайджанец по национальности, призёр Олимпийских игр. Является первым в истории олимпийским призёром от Ирана.

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