Abbas Zandi
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Born | (1930-06-03)3 June 1930 Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 October 2017(2017-10-30) (aged 87) Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling, koshti pahlavāni | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | Pahlevan of Iran (4): 1328, 1332, 1333, 1334 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abbas Zand[1] more known as Abbas Zandi (Persian: عباس زندی; 3 June 1930 – 30 October 2017) was an Iranian bastani practitioner, freestyle wrestler, and coach. Zandi competed in three Olympic Games: 1948 in London, 1952 in Helsinki, and 1956 in Melbourne.[2]
Early life and career
Zandi was born in the Sang-e-laj neighborhood of Tehran. When he was 14, he began training in wrestling at Babr Club, coached by Abdolhossein Feyli and Hassan Sa'dian. At 17, he began representing Iran in international competition. At 18, Zandi won an annual tournament to become the youngest Pahlevan of Iran. He would become Pahlevan three more times between 1950 and 1953.[2] He won gold medals at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships at 79 kg and the 1958 Asian Games at 87+ kg. Zandi died on October 30, 2017, at the age of 87.[3]
References
External links
- Abbas Zandi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Abbas Zandi at Olympics.com
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- 1951: Haydar Zafer (TUR)
- 1954: Abbas Zandi (IRI)
- 1957: Nabi Sorouri (IRI)
- 1959: Georgy Skhirtladze (URS)
- 1961: Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1962: Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1963: Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1965: Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1966: Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1967: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1969: Fred Fozzard (USA)
- 1970: Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)
- 1971: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1973: Vasily Syulshin (URS)
- 1974: Viktor Novozhilov (URS)
- 1975: Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1977: Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1978: Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)
- 1979: István Kovács (HUN)
- 1981: Chris Campbell (USA)
- 1982: Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1983: Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1985: Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1986: Vladimir Modosyan (URS)
- 1987: Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1989: Elmadi Zhabrailov (URS)
- 1990: Jozef Lohyňa (TCH)
- 1991: Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1993: Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR)
- 1994: Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA)
- 1995: Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1997: Les Gutches (USA)
- 1998: Alireza Heidari (IRI)
- 1999: Yoel Romero (CUB)
- 2001: Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
- 2002: Adam Saitiev (RUS)
- 2003: Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2005: Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
- 2006: Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2007: Georgy Ketoev (RUS)
- 2009: Zaurbek Sokhiev (UZB)
- 2010: Mihail Ganev (BUL)
- 2011: Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
- 2013: Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)
- 2014: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2015: Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2017: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2018: David Taylor (USA)
- 2019: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2021: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2022: David Taylor (USA)
- 2023: David Taylor (USA)
- 1951–1961 : 79 kg
- 1962–1967 : 87 kg
- 1969–1995 : 82 kg
- 1997–2001 : 85 kg
- 2002–2013 : 84 kg
- 2014–present : 86 kg
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