Mohammad Bashir () (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore) was a

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

from

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. His bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

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was Pakistan's first individual Olympic Games medal. Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.

Career

Bashir was a three-time gold medalist at the

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. He also won four medals in the

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, including a gold at 1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in

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style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo. His

gold medals were earned at the 1958 Cardiff, 1962 Perth and 1966 Kingston Games. At the

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, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round.

Awards and recognition

Mohammad Bashir received the

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (), also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the ...

medal in 1962 and the

Pride of Performance The Pride of Performance (), officially known as the Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sp ...

Award in 1968 from the

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Olympic results

1960 Rome Summer Olympics

Men's welterweight (73 kg) :* 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall :* 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts :* 3rd round; Lost to Emam-Ali Habibi (IRN) on pts :* 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall :* 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts :* Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR) on pts :* Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23

1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Men's lightweight (70 kg) :* 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) :* 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR) :* 3rd round; Lost to

Mahmut Atalay Mahmut Atalay (30 March 1934 – 4 December 2004) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1968, placing fourth in 1964. Early life and wrestling career He was born in 1934 in ...

(TUR) by fall

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References

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