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Mohammad Jafar Salmasi (Persian: محمد جعفر سلماسی, 22 September 1918 – 31 January 2000) was an Iranian weightlifter who won Iran's first Olympic medal at 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kadhimiya, Iraq but originality from Salmas, West Azerbaijan.
Early life
Before he began his career as a weightlifter, Jafar Salmasi was a teacher at an Iranian school in Baghdad. An accomplished athlete, he taught himself gymnastics moves by reading illustrated books.[1]
He discovered weightlifting in his late 20s during a trip to Tehran, and later was asked by the Iranian government to compete in a national weightlifting tournament. He won, and in 1948 went to London to compete for Iran's first Olympic team.
International weightlifting career
On 7 July 1948, he won the Bronze medal in the 56 – 60 kg featherweight event.[2]
He was the Iranian champion in the featherweight weight class for five years, 1944 through 1948.
Salmasi returned to Baghdad after the Olympics. Later, won the gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.
Later life
Later, Salmasi trained Iraqi weightlifters and continued teaching Iranian students there. When Saddam Hussein took power, Salmasi left Iraq and moved to Iran with his family.
He died in Tehran in January, 2000.
References
- ^ Joneidi, Khashayar (28 July 2012). "Salmassi: The teacher who won Iran's first Olympic medal". BBC News. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic record". International Olympic Committee.
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- 1918 births
- 2000 deaths
- Iranian male weightlifters
- Iranian strength athletes
- Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of Iran
- Olympic bronze medalists for Iran
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1951 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games