Vazik Kazarian
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Born | Bahmanshir, Khuzestan | May 4, 1937||||||||||||||
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Vazik Kazarian aka Vazik Ghazarian (Armenian: Վազիկ Ղազարեան; Persian: وازیک قازاریان, born May 4, 1937 Bahmanshir, Khuzestan, Iran) was an Iranian Armenian boxer [1] who became a member of Iran senior national Boxing team in 1956, and was also a member of Tehran Taj Club. He participated as a member of the Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games, in the Light-welterweight division,[2][3] and also at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the Light-welterweight division.[1][4] In Tokyo 1958, Kazarian reached the final of the Light-welterweight division after defeating Sueb Chundakowsolaya from Thailand, on points in the semifinal, and eventually won the silver medal of the 63.5 kg boxing division, after losing on points to Shigemasa Kawakami from Japan in the final.[5][6] He retired from championship boxing and the Iranian national boxing team, after returning from the 1960 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ a b www.sports-reference.com
- ^ "middle east explorer.com". Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
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- Living people
- 1937 births
- Iranian Armenian people
- Iranian male boxers
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Olympic boxers of Iran
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Ethnic Armenian sportspeople
- People from Khuzestan Province
- Asian boxing biography stubs
- Iranian martial arts biography stubs
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games