Hassan Rahnavardi

Hassan Rahnavardi

Medal record
Representing Iran
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
	1957 Tehran	90 kg
	1949 Scheveningen	75 kg
	1951 Milan	82.5 kg
	1955 Munich	90 kg
Asian Games
	1951 New Delhi	82.5 kg
	1958 Tokyo	90 kg

Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi (Persian: محمد حسن رهنوردی, born 1927) is an Iranian physician, politician and former weightlifter. He earned two gold medals in Asian Games in 1950's. He was a member of National Consultative Assembly from Sari and later from Tehran. He was a deputy minister of health and minister of education prior to the Iranian Islamic revolution. His last position was Governor of Yazd.

He has a Doctor of Dental Surgery from University of Tehran, master of public health from Johns Hopkins University and a DrPH from Tulane University.

For 5 years he was secretary general of Iranian National Olympic Committee and in charge of Iranian Olympic Team for 1968 Maxico City Games and 1972 Munich Games in Germany.

References

• "رهنوردی، محمد حسن". daneshnameh.irdc.ir. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
• Rahnavardi interview with VOA persian TV on YouTube
• http://fararu.com/fa/news/119869/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88