Abbas Zandi ( fa, عباس زندی; 3 June 1930 – 30 October 2017) was an Iranian
Bastani
Bastani ( fa, بستنی), locally known as ( fa, بستنی سنتی "traditional ice cream") or ( fa, بستنی سنتی زعفرانی "traditional saffron ice cream"), is an Iranian ice cream made from milk, eggs, sugar, rose water, saffro ...
practitioner,
Freestyle Wrestler
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, national champion, and
coach
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Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
Transportation
* Co ...
. Zandi had competed in three
Olympic games
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including
1948 London,
1952 Helsinki and
1956 Melbourne.
Early life and career
Zandi was born in the ''Sang-e-laj'' neighborhood of
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
. When he was 14, he went to ''Babr Club'' and learned wrestling from Abdolhossein Feyli and Hassan Sa'dian. At 17, he became one of the
Iran national freestyle wrestling athletes. One year later, Zandi achieved the ''
Pahlevan of Iran
Pahlevan of Iran ( fa, پهلوان ایران) is a national championship for pahlevani wrestling (''koshti pahlavāni'') held annually in Iran. Though the competition has ancient roots, its modern form began in 1944.
The champion earns the titl ...
'' title.
He died on 30 October 2017 at the age of 87.
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1930 births
2017 deaths
Olympic wrestlers of Iran
Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Iranian male sport wrestlers
People from Tehran
Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Pahlevans of Iran
Wrestlers at the 1958 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
20th-century Iranian people
21st-century Iranian people
World Wrestling Champions
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