Hossein Mollaghasemi

Iranian wrestler (1933–2022)

Hossein Mollaghasemi
Personal information
Born(1933-03-15)15 March 1933
Tehran, Iran
Died25 April 2022(2022-04-25) (aged 89)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Representing  Iran
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1957 Istanbul -62 kg

Seyed Hossein Ebrahimian (also Mollaghasemi, Persian: سيد حسين ابراهيميان (ملاقاسمی),[1] 15 March 1933 – 25 April 2022)[2] was a wrestler from Iran. Competing as a freestyle featherweight he won a silver medal at the 1957 World Championships. He then changed to Greco-Roman wrestling and placed fifth-sixth at the world championships in 1961–62.[3] He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and shared sixth place in 1960.[4]

References

  1. ^ Iranian Wrestling Federation. iawf.ir
  2. ^ Ex-Iran Greco-Roman wrestler Mollaghasemi dies
  3. ^ Ebrahimian, Hossein (IRI). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. ^ Hossein Ebrahimian. sports-reference.com
  • Hossein Ebrahimian at the International Wrestling DatabaseEdit on Wikidata
  • Hossein Ebrahimian at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata


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