Karim Raeisinia
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Karim Raeisinia (Persian: کریم رئیسینیا; born 1930 in Tehran)[1] was an Iranian deaf Wrestler and Deaflympics Gold-Medalist.[2][3] He has won 4 Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling deaflympics medals in 62–67 kg category of 1957 Milan and 1961 Helsinki,[2] however, he was unable to gain a medal again in 73–79 kg category of 1965 Washington DC games due to injury[3] and was ranked 4th in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.[4][5] He was a friend of Abolhassan Ilchi Kabir[3] and Gholamreza Takhti.[2] Mansour Raeisi is also his cousin.[3]
References
- ^ "Iranian athletes at 1961 Helsinki Deaflympics". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ a b c دیدار با کریم رئیسینیا، قهرمان خاموش المپیک: سوت یعنی تختی (in Persian). Hamshahri. October 13, 2004. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Sotoudeh, Behnaz; Abedinzadeh, Hamed; Alimardani, Alireza (September 6, 2009). مصاحبه با قهرمان كشتی جهان آقای کریم رئیسینیا (in Persian). Iran Society of Deaf People Family (ISDPF). Retrieved August 8, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Washington DC 1965 Games Results Wrestling Greco-Roman 73 - 79kg (middleweight) (1948-1960) - men 29 Jun". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "Washington DC 1965 Games Results Wrestling Freestyle 73 - 79kg (middleweight)(1948-1960) - men 1 Jul". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.