Jahanbakht Tofigh
| Jahanbakht Tofigh medal table |
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 Iran
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1952 Helsinki | 67 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| silver | 1958 Tokyo | 73 kg |
Jahanbakht Tofigh ( Persian جهانبخت توفيق, * February 9, 1931 ; † 1970 ) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler .
Tofigh competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in the "lightweight (67 kg)" class and won the bronze medal behind Jay Thomas Evans ( USA ) and Olle Anderberg ( Sweden ).
At the World Championships in Tokyo in 1954 , he started again in free style and became world champion in the lightweight.
Jahanbakht Tofigh also won a silver medal in the middleweight division (73 kg) at the Asian Games of 1958, which took place in Tokyo.
Web links
- Profile of Jahanbakht Tofigh (as Jahanbakht Tofighe) at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
- Profile of Jahanbakht Tofigh (as Djahanbakte Tovfighe) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Jahanbakht Tofigh in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Tofigh, Jahanbakht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1931 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |