Mansour Barzegar
| Mansour Barzegar medal table |
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 Iran
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| silver | 1976 Montreal | 74 kg |
| World championships | ||
| gold | 1973 Tehran | 74 kg |
| silver | 1977 Lausanne | 74 kg |
| silver | 1975 Minsk | 74 kg |
| Wrestlers World Cup | ||
| silver | 1976 Toledo | 74 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| gold | 1974 Tehran | 74 kg |
Mansour Barzegar , Persian منصور برزگر, (Born February 28, 1947 in Tehran ) is a former Iranian freestyle wrestler . He was a participant in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and 1976 in Montreal .
Career
Mansour Barzegar first appeared in an international championship at the age of 25. He started in 1972 in Munich at the Olympic Games in the free style, the style in which he was exclusively active. The Tehran was prepared for this by the coaches Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran , Mansour Mehdizadeh and Parvitz Sirourpur, who also looked after him later. He wrestled throughout his career in welterweight, the weight class that had its weight limit of 74 kg in its time.
In Munich Mansour Barzegar won against Toshitada Yoshida from Japan a . Yuri Gussow from the USSR , fought against Miklos Urbanovics from Hungary and lost against the German Adolf Seger from Freiburg . He finished 5th. At the world championship in 1973 in Tehran, he took advantage of the opportunity to wrestle in front of a local audience and became world welterweight champion there with seven wins . Among the wrestlers he beat were Fred Hempel from the GDR , Jan Karlsson from Sweden and others. Ruslan Ashuraliyev from the USSR is an outspoken world-class athlete. Against Adolf Seger, however, he again failed to win. A draw against Seger was enough for him to win the tournament and the title.
In 1974 Mansour Barzegar won the Asian Games in Tehran ahead of Dandsandardschaagiin Sereeter from Mongolia and Mitsuo Degawa from Japan . However, he was absent from this year's World Cup. In 1975 he won the silver medal at the world welterweight championships in Minsk . He won there u. a. about Jiichirō Date from Japan, Dzewegiin Düwtschin from Mongolia and Jancho Pavlov from Bulgaria . In the final battle he lost to Ruslan Ashuraliyev on points. Incidentally, this year he also competed in two tournaments in Germany , both of which he won. At the Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg , he won ahead of Marin Pârcălabu from Romania and at the "Werner Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig he won ahead of Udo Schröder from the GDR a . Francis Lebeque from Cuba .
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , he then won a medal. He won there over Giuseppe Spagnoli from Italy , Fred Hempel , Jarmo Övermark from Finland , Ruslan Aschuralijew, Jancho Pawlow and others. Stanley Dziedzic from the United States, but had to be defeated in the final battle against Jiichirō Date, whom he had defeated at the 1975 World Cup, and be satisfied with the Olympic silver medal .
At the 1977 World Championships in Lausanne , the last he competed, Mansour Barzegar was again in the final battle. He lost this against Stanley Dziedzic on points and was again runner-up world champion .
Mansour Barzegar was trained after his career as a wrestler. From 1978–1979, 1990–1996 and 2006–2007 he was the head coach of the Iranian national wrestling team. In between he also held high functionary posts (technical director, general manager) in the Iranian wrestling association.
International success
| year | space | event | Weight class | |
| 1972 | 5. | OS in Munich | Welter | with victories over Toshitada Yoshida, Japan a . Juri Gussow , USSR , a tie against Miklos Urbanovics , Hungary a . a defeat against Adolf Seger , FRG |
| 1973 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Bucharest | Welter | in front of Tanase, Romania a . Fred Hempel , GDR |
| 1973 | 1. | World Cup in Tehran | Welter | with victories over Enrique Burgals, Spain , Mitsou Degawa, Japan, M. Bat-Amgalan, Mongolia , Fred Hempel, Jancho Pawlow , Bulgaria , Jan Karlsson , Sweden a . Ruslan Ashuraliyev , USSR a . a draw against Adolf Seger |
| 1974 | 1. | Asian Games in Tehran | Welter | before Dandsandardschaagiin Sereeter , Mongolia a. Mitsuo Degawa |
| 1975 | 1. | Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg | Welter | before Marin Pârcălabu, Romania, Manfred Trefzger, BRD a. Pierre Jay, France |
| 1975 | 1. | "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig | Welter | before Udo Schröder , GDR, Francis Lebeque, Cuba a . Dzewegiin Duvchin , Mongolia |
| 1975 | 2. | World Cup in Minsk | Welter | with victories over Rogelio Leonos, Mexico , Jancho Pawlow, Jiichirō Date , Japan, Carl Adams, USA a . Dsewegiin Düwtschin u. a loss to Ruslan Ashuraliyev |
| 1975 | 1. | Aryamehr Cup in Tehran | Welter | before Petrow, Bulgaria a. G. Sakhi, Afghanistan |
| 1976 | silver | OS in Montreal | Welter | with victories over Giuseppe Spagnoli, Italy , Fred Hempel, Jarmo Övermark , Finland , Jancho Pawlow, Ruslan Aschuralijew u. Stanley Dziedzic , USA a. a loss to Jiichirō Date |
| 1976 | 2. | World Cup in Toledo | Welter | behind Ruslan Ashuraliev, in front of Carl Adams a. Jim Miller, bde. United States |
| 1977 | 2. | World Cup in Lausanne | Welter | behind Stanley Dziedzic u. before Alexandar Nanew , Bulgaria, Jamtsyn Dawaadschaw , Mongolia a. Reşit Karabacak , Turkey |
| 1977 | 1. | Aryamehr Cup in Tehran | Welter | before Resit Karabacak u. M. Bat-Amgalan, Mongolia |
Explanations
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Welterweight, then weight class up to 74 kg body weight
- all free style competitions
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- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
- Trade magazines Athletik and Der Ringer
- Website "www.iranwrestling.com"
Web links
- Profile of Mansour Barzegar at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Mansour Barzegar in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Mansour Barzegar on olympic.org
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Barzegar, Mansour |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran |