Ali Akbar Heidari
| Ali Akbar Heidari medal table |
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 Iran
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1964 Tokyo | 52 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| bronze | 1966 Bangkok | 52 kg |
Ali Akbar Heidari ( Persian علی اکبر حیدری, Born July 14, 1941 ) is a former Iranian freestyle wrestler . He was a participant in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .
At the Olympic Games in Tokyo he competed in the flyweight (52 kg) and was third behind Jang-Chang Seon ( South Korea ) and Yoshikatsu Yoshida from Japan and thus won bronze.
Ali Akbar Heidari was also a member of the Iranian national wrestling team at the 1965 World Wrestling Championships in Manchester . Although he u. a. beat the later vice world champion Baju Baew from Bulgaria , he just missed the medal ranks and was fourth.
He won his last medal at the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1966 when he won bronze in the flyweight division.
Web links
- Profile of Ali Akbar Heidari at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Ali Akbar Heidari in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Heidari, Ali Akbar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1941 |