Mohammad Ali Fardin
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Mohammad Ali Fardin (born April 7, 1930 in Tehran ; † April 6, 2000 there ; Persian محمدعلی فردین) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and actor .
Career
Mohammand Ali Fardin began as a teenager in Tehran with the rings . He developed into a strong freestyle wrestler. In 1954 he was first used at the world welterweight championship in Tokyo . After good performance, he won the silver medal there with four victories . In the final he was defeated by Vakhtang Balawadze from the USSR .
In qualifying for the 1956 Olympic Games, he lost to Nabi Sorouri and could therefore not start in Melbourne . In 1957 he made it back to the Iranian national wrestling team, which started at the World Cup in Istanbul . In the welterweight division, Fardin won a fight, tied once and lost to İsmail Ogan from Turkey and again against Wachtang Balawadze and ended up in 4th place.
After his time as an active wrestler, Mohammad Ali Fardin made a career as a film actor in Iran . He played the irresistible heartbreaker in countless films as "King of Hearts". After the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Ali Fardin fell out of favor with the new rulers and was unable to make a single film. He then opened a bakery in Tehran, with which he earned his living.
That he was not forgotten by his many fans was evident at his funeral in Tehran in 2000, when over 50,000 mourners gave him their final conduct .
International success
(WM = World Championship, F = free style, We = welterweight, back then up to 73 kg body weight)
- 1954, 2nd place , World Cup in Tokyo , F, We, with victories over Gonzalo Esquidero, Philippines , Alberto Longarela, Argentina , Yutaka Kaneko , Japan and others. Per Berlin , Sweden and defeats to James Joy Holt, USA a . Vakhtang Balavadze , USSR ;
- 1957, 4th place , World Cup in Istanbul , F, We, with a victory over Erich Kunz, Switzerland , a draw against Murtaza Murtazow, Bulgaria and the like. Defeats against İsmail Ogan , Turkey a . Vakhtang Balavadze
Filmography
- 1959: (The twins) دوقلوها
- 1959: (The Fountain of Youth ) چشمه آب حیات
- 1960: (A bright future) فردا روشن است
- 1961: (The cry of midnight) فریاد نیمه شب
- 1961: (A girl's cry) دختری فریاد می‌کشد
- 1961: (The happy widows) بیوه‌های خندان
- 1962: (The Hungry Wolves) گرگ‌های گرسنه
- 1962: (The white gold) طلای سفید
- 1962: ( Barrens ) زمین تلخ
- 1963: (waiting on the beach) ساحل انتظار
- 1963: (The women are angels) زن‌ها فرشته‌اند
- 1964: (Along the river) مسیر رودخانه
- 1964: (The Golden Village) دهکده طلایی
- 1964: (Hell under my feet) جهنم زیر پای من
- 1964: (The rural songs) ترانه‌های روستائی
- 1964: (The people) انسان‌ها
- 1964: (The Lord of the 20th Century) آقای قرن بیستم
- 1965: (The blonde of our city) مو طلایی شهر ما
- 1965: (The Croesus) گنج قارون
- 1965: (The hero of heroes) قهرمان قهرمانان
- 1965: (Love & Vengeance) عشق و انتقام
swell
- Div. Issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1954 to 1957,
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC News of April 9, 2000 , accessed June 9, 2010 (English)
Web links
- Profile of Mohammad Ali Fardin at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Mohammad Ali Fardin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fardin, Mohammad Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2000 |
| Place of death | Tehran |