Mansour Mehdizadeh
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Born | 14 August 1938 (1938-08-14) (age 86) Tehran, Iran[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling, koshti pahlavāni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National finals | Pahlevan of Iran (2): 1341, 1344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mansour Mehdizadeh Savadabadi (Persian: منصور مهدى زاده سواد آبادی, born 14 August 1938) is a retired Iranian freestyle wrestler who won world titles in 1961, 1962, and 1965. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics with his best result being fourth place in 1964.[1][2] He was a two-time Pahlevan of Iran.
Olympic results
1964 (as a men's freestyle 87 kg).
Round | Opponent | Сountry | Results | Penalties | Time |
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1 | Géza Hollósi | ![]() | Won by Points | 1 | |
2 | Dan Brand | ![]() | Draw | 2 | |
3 | Rudolf Kobelt | ![]() | Won by Points | 1 | |
4 | Hasan Güngör | ![]() | Won by Points | 1 | |
5 | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | Won by Points | 1 |
Mansour Mehdizadeh placing fourth according to special criteria for determining the winner.
Personal life
Mehdizadeh was a major in the Iranian Army. He married in March 1965. After retiring from competitions he worked as a national wrestling coach.[3]
References
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- 1951:
Haydar Zafer (TUR)
- 1954:
Abbas Zandi (IRI)
- 1957:
Nabi Sorouri (IRI)
- 1959:
Georgy Skhirtladze (URS)
- 1961:
Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1962:
Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1963:
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1965:
Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1966:
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1967:
Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1969:
Fred Fozzard (USA)
- 1970:
Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)
- 1971:
Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1973:
Vasily Syulshin (URS)
- 1974:
Viktor Novozhilov (URS)
- 1975:
Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1977:
Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1978:
Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)
- 1979:
István Kovács (HUN)
- 1981:
Chris Campbell (USA)
- 1982:
Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1983:
Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1985:
Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1986:
Vladimir Modosyan (URS)
- 1987:
Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1989:
Elmadi Zhabrailov (URS)
- 1990:
Jozef Lohyňa (TCH)
- 1991:
Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1993:
Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR)
- 1994:
Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA)
- 1995:
Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1997:
Les Gutches (USA)
- 1998:
Alireza Heidari (IRI)
- 1999:
Yoel Romero (CUB)
- 2001:
Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
- 2002:
Adam Saitiev (RUS)
- 2003:
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2005:
Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
- 2006:
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2007:
Georgy Ketoev (RUS)
- 2009:
Zaurbek Sokhiev (UZB)
- 2010:
Mihail Ganev (BUL)
- 2011:
Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
- 2013:
Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)
- 2014:
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2015:
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2017:
Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2018:
David Taylor (USA)
- 2019:
Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2021:
Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2022:
David Taylor (USA)
- 2023:
David Taylor (USA)
- 1951–1961 : 79 kg
- 1962–1967 : 87 kg
- 1969–1995 : 82 kg
- 1997–2001 : 85 kg
- 2002–2013 : 84 kg
- 2014–present : 86 kg
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