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Gholamreza Takhti

1930 - 1968

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Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and a practitioner of varzesh-e bastani (Persian traditional sport). He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Championships, and 1961 World Championships, as well as a three-time Pahlevan of Iran. Popularly nicknamed Jahân Pahlevân (جهان پهلوان; "The World Champion") because of his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship (Javanmardi in Iranian culture), he was the most popular athlete of Iran in the 20th century, although dozens of Iranian athletes have won more international medals than he did. Takhti is still considered a hero to many Iranians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gholamreza Takhti is the 59th most popular wrestler (down from 26th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Iran (down from 256th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 59 out of 1,027. Before him are Hardcore Holly, Wim Ruska, Bray Wyatt, El Santo, Seth Rollins, and Randy Savage. After him are Jon Moxley, Viscera, Lita, Emil Väre, Chavo Guerrero Jr., and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 244. Before him are Liliana Segre, Stanley Myers, Salvatore De Giorgi, Elza Soares, Walter Mischel, and Viktor Tsybulenko. After him are Robert H. MacArthur, Lazar Berman, Miodrag Bulatović, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Naomi Shemer, and Jim Rohn. Among people deceased in 1968, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 104. Before him are Rezső Seress, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, Hans Cramer, Walter Tewksbury, Tallulah Bankhead, and Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Sigfried Giedion, Herbert Read, Chana Orloff, Maurice Larrouy, Gunnar Ekelöf, and Armando Castellazzi.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 277 out of 631. Before him are Maryam Rajavi (1953), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Jafar Khan (1800), and Mehdi Karroubi (1937). After him are Raffi (1835), Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940), Mostafa Chamran (1932), Imad al-Dawla (892), Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960), and Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886).

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Among WRESTLERS In Iran

Among wrestlers born in Iran, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 2. Before him are The Iron Sheik (1942). After him are Emam-Ali Habibi (1931), Matt Ghaffari (1961), Rasoul Khadem (1972), Saeid Mollaei (1992), Hassan Yazdani (1994), Alireza Dabir (1977), Ghasem Rezaei (1985), Hamid Sourian (1985), Komeil Ghasemi (1988), and Sabah Shariati (1989).

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