Mohammad Nassiri
Appearance
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Medal record
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Mohammad Nasiri Seresht (Persian: محمد نصیری سرشت, born 31 July 1945 in Tehran) is a retired Iranian weightlifter and an Olympic Gold Medalist for Iran.
In 1995 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[1]
Weightlifting achievements
- Olympic Champion (1968).
- Silver Medalist in Olympic Games (1972).
- Bronze Medalist in Olympic Games (1976).
- Senior World Champion (1968–1970, 1973, and 1974).
- Silver Medalist in Senior World Championships (1972).
- Bronze Medalist in World Championships (1966, 1971, and 1976).
- 4 Gold and 1 Silver in Asian Games (1966, 1970, 1974).
- Set eighteen world records during career.
World Championships
Year | Place | Weight | Medal | |||
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Press | Snatch | Cl&Jerk | Total | |||
1966 | East Berlin, East Germany | 56 kg | — | — | — | ![]() |
1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | 56 kg | — | — | — | ![]() |
1969 | Warsaw, Poland | 56 kg | ![]() |
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1970 | Columbus, United States | 56 kg | ![]() |
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1971 | Lima, Peru | 56 kg | ![]() |
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1972 | Munich, West Germany | 56 kg | ![]() |
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1973 | Havana, Cuba | 52 kg | — | ![]() |
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1974 | Manila, Philippines | 52 kg | — | ![]() |
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1976 | Montreal, Canada | 52 kg | — | ![]() |
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1977 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 52 kg | — | ![]() |
Total: 10 , 7
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- Olympic Games 1968, 1972 and 1976 counted as World Championships too.
- No medals for individual lifts before 1969.
- Press was removed from Olympic weightlifting after 1972.
Notes and references
- ^ "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
External links
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Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Iranian weightlifters
- Iranian strength athletes
- Olympic weightlifters of Iran
- Olympic gold medalists for Iran
- Olympic silver medalists for Iran
- Olympic bronze medalists for Iran
- Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1966 Asian Games
- Weightlifters at the 1970 Asian Games
- Weightlifters at the 1974 Asian Games
- Male weightlifters
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics