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Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر) (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore) was a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1][2] Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.[1]

Muhammad Bashir
Personal information
Born(1935-03-10)10 March 1935
Died24 June 2001(2001-06-24) (aged 66)
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1
Commonwealth Games 3
Asian Games 1 2 1
Total 4 2 2
Olympic Games
1960 Rome, Italy Welterweight
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff, Wales Welterweight
1962 Perth, Western Australia Welterweight
1966 Kingston, Jamaica Welterweight
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok, Thailand Welterweight

Bashir was a three-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games and also won four medals in the Asian Games. These were a gold at 1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo.

His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned at the 1958 (Cardiff), 1962 (Perth) and 1966 (Kingston) Commonwealth Games.[1]

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round.[2]

Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.[3]


Olympic results



1960 Rome Summer Olympics


Men's welterweight (73 kg)

  • 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall
  • 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts
  • 3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN) on pts
  • 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall
  • 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts
  • Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR) on pts
  • Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall

Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23


1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics


Men's lightweight (70 kg)

  • 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)
  • 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR)
  • 3rd round; Lost to Mahmut Atalay (TUR) by fall

References


  1. "Mohammad Bashir: Pakistan's only wrestler who won an Olympic medal". Daily Times. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muhammad Bashir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. "Pakistan Sports Board". sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

На других языках


- [en] Muhammad Bashir

[fr] Muhammad Bashir

Muhammad Bashir est un lutteur pakistanais né le 10 mars 1935 à Lahore et mort le 24 juin 2001 dans la même ville[1].

[it] Muhammad Bashir

Muhammad Bashir (in urdu محمد بشیر; Lahore, 10 marzo 1935 – Lahore, 24 giugno 2001) è stato un lottatore pakistano, specializzato nella lotta libera.

[ru] Башир, Мохаммад

Мохаммад Башир (англ. Muhammad Bashir, 10 марта 1935, Лахор, Пенджаб — 24 июня 2001, Лахор) — пакистанский борец, победитель и призёр Азиатских игр, победитель Игр Содружества, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр.



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