Farzad Tarash (; born 1 October 1986) is a
freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...
from Australia.
An engineer from Melbourne, he was Australia's only competitor in the wrestling competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. He competed in the
60 kg division after winning a silver medal at the
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Morocco in March 2012.
He was the Australian champion each year from 2005 to 2012.
References
External links
London 2012 profile
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1986 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Australia
Australian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Sport wrestlers from Melbourne
Olympic competitors from Iran who represented other countries
Australian people of Iranian descent
Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Sportspeople of Iranian descent
21st-century Australian sportsmen
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