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Gholamreza Takhti

WRESTLER

1930 - 1968

Gholamreza Takhti

Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and varzesh-e bastani (Persian traditional sport) practitioner. He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Championships, and 1961 World Championships, as well as a three-time Pahlevan of Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gholamreza Takhti has received more than 364,142 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gholamreza Takhti is the 26th most popular wrestler (up from 30th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Iran (down from 225th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 26 out of 1

Gholamreza Takhti (film)

Year Award Category Recipient Result 2019Fajr Film FestivalBest Cinematography Hamid Khozouie AbyaneWon Best Production Design Keyvan Moghaddam Won Audience Choice of Best FilmGholamreza Takhti Third Place Best FilmSaeid MalekanNominated Best DirectorBahram TavakoliNominated Best Editor Maysam Molaei Nominated Best Original Score Afshin Azizi Nominated Best Sound Effects Amir Hossein Ghasemi Nominated Best Visual Effects Mohsen Khirabadi, Reza Misaghi, Shahab Najafi Nominated Best Costume Design Amir Malekpour Nominated Best Makeup Saeid MalekanNominated 2020 Best Still Photography Maryam Takhtkeshian Won 2019 Hafez AwardsBest Original Score Afshin Azizi Nominated Best Cinematography Hamid Khozouie AbyaneNominated 2020 Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Best Film Saeid MalekanNominated Best Director Bahram TavakoliNominated Best Cinematography Hamid Khozouie AbyaneNominated Best Origi
Sport in Iran

Gholam Reza Takhti
Jahan Pahlevan (World Champion)


World Champion Takhti
Gholam Reza Takhti was born in 27 August 1930, in Tehran and raised in poor circumstances. He trained in a makeshift sports hall until he left Tehran to work as an oil worker. After being drafted into the army he was introduced to freestyle wrestling, He won his first Iranian championship in 1950, and became the first Iranian wrestler to win an international medal when he gained a silver medal in the World Championships at Helsinki in 1951., followed by silver at the Helsinki Olympics.

Takhti started as a middleweight wrestler. In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and when he was only 22 years old, he managed to win the silver medal in the 79 kg weight category. 4 years later and in Melbourne, he went one better and along the other great Iranian wrestler, EmamAli Habibi, became the first Olympic gold winner for his country. This was achieved in the 87 kg weight category. He won gold in the 1959 Tehran World championships and later he participated in World Championships of Yokoh

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