Muhammad Niaz is a retired heavyweight freestyle

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Career

At the

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, Niaz won the gold medal alongside another Pakistani wrestler with the same name Muhammad Niaz-Din. He also participated at the

1962 Asian Games The 1962 Asian Games () also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, were the fourth edition of pan-Asian multi-sport event sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The games were held from 24 August to 4 September 1962, ...

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, Indonesia in both freestyle and Greco-Roman styles. He won the Greco-Roman competition but finished third in freestyle.

References

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