From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Muhammad Bashir
Muhammad Bashir
Muhammad Bashir Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Personal information medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in
1968 from the Government of Pakistan.
Born March 10, 1935
Medal record
Men’s Freestyle wrestling
Olympic results
Competitor for Pakistan 1960 Rome Summer Olympics
Men’s welterweight (73 kg)
Olympic Games
• 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall
Bronze Rome,
1960 Rome, Italy Welterweight • 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts
• 3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN)
Commonwealth Games on pts
• 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall
Gold Cardiff,
1958 Cardiff, Wales Welterweight
• 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on
Gold 1962 Perth, Australia
Perth, Welterweight pts
• Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR)
Gold Kingston,
1966 Kingston, Jamaica Welterweight
on pts
• Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh
Asian Games (USA) by fall
Bronze Tokyo,
1958 Tokyo, Japan Welterweight
Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being
Silver Jakarta,
1962 Jakarta, Indonesia Welter Greco- ranked 3rd out of 23
Roman
Silver 1962 Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta, Welter Freestyle 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics
Gold 1966 Bangkok,
Bangkok, Welterweight Men’s lightweight (70 kg)
Thailand • 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)
• 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR)
• 3rd round; Lost to Mahmut Atalay (TUR) by fall
Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: ( )محمد بشیرBorn Lahore March
10, 1935; he has died but date of death is not known) was
a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in References
freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at
• WRESTLER BASHIR MAKES HIS MARK - Super articles
the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Bashir is the only
by Gul Hameed Bhatti
Pakistani wrestler to have claimed a medal at the
• WRESTLING AWARDS - PSB
Olympic Games.
Mohammad Bashir was one of Pakistan’s most cel- Persondata
ebrated wrestlers in their history. He won three gold Name Bashir, Mohammad
medals in the Commonwealth Games and also four Alternative names
medals in the Asian Games -- a gold at 1966 Bangkok,
Short description
two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and
the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze Date of birth March 10, 1935
medal in 1958 Tokyo. Place of birth
His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned Date of death
at the 1958 (Cardiff), 1962 (Perth) and 1966 (Kingston)
Place of death
Commonwealth Games.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad
Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only
went up to the third round.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Muhammad Bashir
Categories:
• 1935 births
• Pakistani sport wrestlers
• Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Olympic wrestlers of Pakistan
• Olympic bronze medalists for Pakistan
• Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
• Recipients of the Pride of Performance award
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Pakistan
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan
• Wrestlers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Wrestlers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Wrestlers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Pakistani sportspeople stubs
• Asian Olympic medalist stubs
• Asian sport wrestler stubs
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