Parviz Jalayer (, 6 October 1939 – 6 July 2019) was an Iranian weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968. In 1966 he won a gold medal at the Asian Games and a bronze at the World Championships. The following year he set a world record in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without rest ...

. After retiring from competitions he worked as a weightlifting coach.

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1939 births 2019 deaths World Weightlifting Championships medalists Iranian male weightlifters Iranian strength athletes Olympic weightlifters for Iran Olympic silver medalists for Iran Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games weightlifters for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games gold medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Sportspeople from Tehran {{iran-Olympic-medalist-stub