1951 World Championships: Freestyle 79kg – Silver 1954 World Championships: Freestyle 87kg – 5th 1959 World Championships: Freestyle 87kg – Gold 1961 World Championships: Freestyle 87kg – Gold 1962 World Championships: Freestyle 97kg – Silver
Regional finals
1958 Asian Games: Freestyle 87kg – Gold
National finals
Pahlevan of Iran (3): 1336, 1337, 1338
Medal record
Representing Iran
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne
87 kg
1952 Helsinki
79 kg
1960 Rome
87 kg
World Championships
1959 Tehran
87 kg
1961 Yokohama
87 kg
1951 Helsinki
79 kg
1962 Toledo
97 kg
Asian Games
1958 Tokyo
87 kg
World Cup
1958 Sofia
87 kg
Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and varzesh-e bastani (Persian traditional sport) practitioner.[1] 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. Popularly nicknamed Jahân Pahlevân (جهان پهلوان; "The World Champion")[2] because of his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship (Javanmardi in Iranian culture),[3] he was the most popular athlete of Iran in the 20th century, although dozens of Iranian athletes have won more international medals than he did.[1]
Takhti is still a hero to many Iranians.[4] He is listed in the UWW Hall of Fame.
^ abHouchang E. Chehabi, “TAḴTI, Ḡolām-Reżā”, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, originally published July 20, 2005
^Behrooz, Maziar (2000). Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. I.B.Tauris. p. 197. ISBN 9781860646300.
^Cite error: The named reference su was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Gholamreza TAKHTI (IRI): Biographie". Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA). Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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