Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi
| Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi medal table |
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1968 Mexico City | 62 kg |
| World championships | ||
| gold | 1970 Edmonton | 62 kg |
| silver | 1971 Sofia | 62 kg |
| silver | 1969 Mar del Plata | 62 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| gold | 1970 Bangkok | 62 kg |
Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi ( Persian شمس الدین سید عباسی, * February 4, 1943 in Schemschak ; † 2003 ) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler . He was a participant at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and in 1972 in Munich .
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won the bronze medal in the "featherweight (62 kg)" category. Four years later, he finished fifth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and just missed a medal.
Seyed Abbasi's further successes include winning the gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Edmonton in 1970 , two silver medals at the World Wrestling Championships in Mar del Plata in 1969 and in Sofia in 1971 , and the gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok .
Web links
- Profile of Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Seyed Abbasi, Shamseddin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shemshak |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2003 |