About Gholamreza Takhti
Gholamreza Takhti was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and a practitioner of varzesh-e bastani. He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Championships, and 1961 World Championships, as well as a three-time Pahlevan of Iran. Takhti won a silver, at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games. When he was called up for military service, his potential in wrestling was discovered and he began to train seriously after he was recruited as an Iran Railways employee in 1948. One year later, he won another silver medal, again in Helsinki, this time in the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. Takhti won his first Iranian championship in 1950, the following year on his first trip abroad, he won a silver medal at the world freestyle championships in Helsinki - the first international medal ever gained by an Iranian wrestler.
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