Abdul-Wahid Aziz
| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  Iraq
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1960 Rome | -67.5 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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1959 Warsaw | -67.5 kg |
Abdul-Wahid Aziz (Arabic: عبدالواحد عزيز) (1931 – 19 July 1982)[1] was an Iraqi weightlifter from Basra, Iraq. He won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and became the only person to have won an Olympic medal for Iraq.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ علوان, فرات (8 September 2019). "ذكرى أول وسام أولمبي للعراق!جبار فشاخ داخل". Sahat Al-Tahreer (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Abdul WAHID AZIZ - Olympic Weightlifting | Iraq". International Olympic Committee. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Abdul Wahid Aziz Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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