Muhammad Niaz-Din (born 10 July 1940) is a Pakistani

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. He competed in the men's freestyle flyweight at the

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. At the

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, Niaz-Din won the gold medal in the flyweight category alongside a similarly named Pakistani wrestler, Muhammad Niaz, who won the men's heavyweight event.

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1940 births Living people Pakistani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Pakistan Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Wrestlers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Pakistan World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Pakistan-wrestling-bio-stub