Abdollah Movahed

Medal record
Abdollah Movahed
Competitor for Iran
Men’s Freestyle Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Mexico City	70 kg
World Championships
Gold	1965 Manchester	70 kg
Gold	1966 Toledo	70 kg
Gold	1967 New Dehli	70 kg
Gold	1969 Mar del Plata	68 kg
Gold	1970 Edmonton	68 kg
Asian Games
Gold	1966 Bangkok	70 kg
Gold	1970 Bangkok	68 kg

Abdollah Movahed Ardabili (Persian: عبدالله موحد اردبیلی‎, born March 20, 1940 in Babolsar) is an Iranian wrestler who competed in freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Like his counterpart Habibi, he came from Mazandaran Province.

He joined the national team at a fairly young age. His coaches soon noted his technical prowess, and believed that with the proper conditioning, he had the potential to be a world champion. Their suspicions were confirmed; for six consecutive years, Movahed won every major contest that he entered.

The highlight of his career was the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, where he won the gold medal for Iran. He competed again in the 1972 games, but injured his shoulder in the early rounds, and did not advance to the finals. Movahed later moved to the USA, but refused to train American wrestlers because they might face Iranian opponents in major tournaments. He is listed in the FILA wrestling hall of fame.

References

• (Persian) profile