Mehdi Yaghoubi

Mehdi Yaghoubi
Medal record
Competitor for  Iran
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
1956 Melboourne Bantam

Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi (Persian: محمد مهدی یعقوبی; born 2 April 1930, in Qazvin) is a retired Iranian wrestler. He was Olympic silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1956, and also competed at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1951 World Wrestling Championships.[1] He lost to Rashid Mammadbeyov of the Soviet Union at the round of 64 at the 1952 Olympics.[2]

References

  1. "Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. Rashid Mammadbeyov sports-reference.com


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