Esmaeil Elmkhah

Esmaeil Elmkhah

Personal information
Born	30 December 1936 Rasht, Imperial State of Iran[1]
Died	1988
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Representing  Iran Olympic Games 1960 Rome 56 kg Asian Games 1958 Tokyo 52 kg

Esmaeil Elmkhah (Persian: اسماعیل علم‌خواه, 30 December 1936 – 1988) was an Iranian featherweight weightlifter. In 1958 he won a silver medal at the Asian Games and set four unofficial world records: one in the snatch, one in the press and two in the total.^[3] He later won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.^[2]

Elmkhah was born in Rasht, but grew up in Tehran. He had a sister, and lost his parents when he was a child.^[1]

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