Mohammad Mahdi Yaghoubi (; 2 April 1930 – 25 September 2021) was an Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956 in his weight category of under 57 kg. He also won a bronze medal at the
1951 World Wrestling Championships
The 1951 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland from 26 to 29 April 1951. That was the first ever World Championships in freestyle wrestling.
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and placed fifth in 1954.
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Yaghoubi had four brothers and four sisters. He quit school at the age of 15 to make free time for work and sport.][
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1930 births
2021 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for Iran
Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Iranian male sport wrestlers
Olympic silver medalists for Iran
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Sportspeople from Qazvin
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century Iranian sportsmen
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