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![]() Paziraei at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | August 4, 1929 Baku, Azerbaijan[1] | |||||||||||
Died | March 9, 2002 (aged 72) Tehran, Iran | |||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohammad Paziraei (Persian: محمد پذیرایی, August 4, 1929 – March 9, 2002) was a Greco-Roman flyweight wrestler, who was born to an Iranian family living in Azerbaijan, but spent most of his life in Iran. He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics and placed fifth at the 1961 and placed sixth at the 1962 World Championships.[1][2][3]