Mohammad Farhangdoust
Appearance
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Born | 1946 Rasht, Iran[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2012 (aged 66)[1] Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohammad Farhangdoust (Persian: محمد فرهنگدوست, 1946–2012) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won silver medals at the 1970 and 1971 World Championships and 1970 Asian Games.[2] He retired in 1972 after an injury sustained in a tournament. In his last years he battled with cancer, and underwent treatment in Germany and Canada. He died in Canada aged 66.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c Obituary in Persian. tarabarnews.com
- ^ Farhang Doost, Mohammad (IRI). iat.uni-leipzig.de
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- 1946 births
- 2012 deaths
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Iranian male sport wrestlers
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1970 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Sportspeople from Rasht
- 20th-century Iranian sportsmen
- Iranian sport wrestler stubs