Abdollah Movahed

Abdollah Movahed

Abdollah Movahed ( Persian عبدالله موحد* 10. March 1940 in Babolsar , Māzandarān ) is a former Iranian wrestlers in free style . He was a participant in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 and in Mexico City in 1968 .

Career

Abdollah Movahed comes from the Iranian province of Māzandarān . He started wrestling at school and proved extremely talented at freestyle. Above all, he was technically top class. When he managed to get stronger physically, he was almost unbeatable. At the 1963 World Championships and the 1964 Olympic Games, he was not yet able to win, but from 1965 to 1970 he was successful at five World Championships in a row and the 1968 Olympic Games. He also won the title at the Asian Games in 1966 in the weight class up to 70 kg and in 1970 in the weight class up to 68 kg.

Klaus Rost , German silver medalist from 1964, lost to him at the 1963, 1969 and 1971 World Championships and the 1968 Olympic Games. Enju Waltschew Dimow from Bulgaria could never win against Movahed. From 1965 to 1970, Movahed stayed in all competitions in which he started winning and not losing.

After finishing his career he lived temporarily in the USA . In 2004 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International championships

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = Freestyle, Le = Lightweight)

• 1963, 6th place , World Cup in Sofia , F, Le, with victories over Adolf Franke, GDR, Klaus Rost , Federal Republic of Germany, a draw against Enjo Waltschew , Bulgaria and a defeat against Mahmut Atalay , Turkey ;
• 1964, 5th place , OS in Tokyo , F, Le, with victories over Sidney Marsh , Australia , Kenneth Stephensen , Great Britain , Chung Dong-goo , North Korea and a draw against Enjo Waltschew and Iwao Horiuchi , Japan ;
• 1965, 1st place , World Championships in Manchester , F, Le, with victories over Petre Poalelungi, Romania , James Burke, USA , D. Gleeson, Ireland , Atalay and Enjo Waltschew;
• 1966, 1st place , World Cup in Toledo , F, Le, with victories over C. Vandenberg, South Africa , A. Zuwaski, Argentina , Horiuchi, Seyit Ahmet Ağralı , Turkey and Tong Ku-jung, North Korea;
• 1967, 1st place , World Championship in New Delhi , F, Le, with victories over Werner Holzer, USA, Ilie Ciorcilă, Romania , Dandsandardschaagiin Sereeter , Mongolia , Udey Chand , India and Enjo Waltschew and a draw against Sarbeg Beriaschwili , USSR;
• 1968, gold medal , OS in Mexico City , F, Le, with victories over Klaus Rost, Udey Chand, Carlos Vario , Argentina, Gordon Garvie , Canada , Guy Marchand , France , Dandsandardschaagiin Sereeter and Enjo Waltschew;
• 1969, 1st place , World Championship in Mar del Plata , F, Le, with victories over Klaus Rost, Leoncie Aguleira, Ecuador , Carlos Vario, Nodar Hohashvili, USSR, Enjo Waltschew and a draw against Bobby Douglas , USA;
• 1970, 1st place , World Cup in Edmonton , F, Le, with victories over Petrus Fourie, South Africa, Tsedendambyn Natsagdordsch , Mongolia, Tomio Hayashi, Japan, Nasrulla Nasrulajew, USSR, Ismail Juszeinow , Bulgaria and a draw against Douglas;
• 1971, 4th place , World Championship in Sofia , F, Le, with victories over Klaus Rost, André Chardonnes, Switzerland , Ramos, Cuba, a draw against Juszeinow and a defeat against Kikuo Wada, Japan;
• 1972, unplaced , OS in Munich , F, Le, abandoned after the 1st round, after a victory over Segundo Olmedo, Panama

National successes

Abdollah Movahed was eight times national champion.

Web links

• Profile of Abdollah Movahed at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Abdollah Movahed in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• The Medal Man