Manouchehr Boroumand - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Mar 26, 1934 Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran Died on 21 Dec 2017 (aged 83)

Iranian weightlifter

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About Manouchehr Boroumand

  • Manouchehr Boroumand (Persian: ?????? ???????, 26 March 1934 – 21 December 2017) was an Iranian heavyweight weightlifter.
  • He was selected for the 1960 Summer Olympics, but withdrew in the last moment due to an illness; he also missed the 1962 Asian Games because Iran did not send a delegation there.
  • At the 1964 Summer Olympics he placed 12th.
  • Boroumand has his best achievements in 1966, when he won a gold medal at the Asian Games and became the first Asian weightlifter to cross the 500 kg barrier in the total, which he has done at the world championships.
  • Domestically he held the Iranian heavyweight title between 1961 and 1968.Boroumand married in September 1963 and had three children.
  • He retired from competitions around 1968, and from 1972 to 1980 trained the national weightlifting team.
  • In 1976 he received a degree in coaching from the Polish Sports Academy.
  • Between 1979 and 1985 he headed the Iran Weightlifting Federation.

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