Akbar Khojini (
Persian: اکبر خوجینی, 1995-1935
Bandar-e Anzali), was an Iranian boxer who became a member of
Iran senior national
Boxing team in 1956, and was also a member of Tehran Jafari Club, boxing in the 81 kg division. He participated as a member of the
Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games, in the Light Heavyweight division, and also at the
Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in
Bangkok,
Thailand in 1963, in which he won the silver medal of the 81 kg boxing division, after losing to Ali Barkat from
Pakistan, in the final. Khojini was also selected for the Light Heavyweight division of the Iranian national boxing team, to participate in the 1962 Asian Games.
In Tokyo 1958, Khojini lost to Sultan Mahmoud from
Pakistan, in the quarterfinal, and won the bronze medal of the 81 kg boxing division.
Official website for Iran Ministry of Sports and Youth, Medals at the 1958 Asian Games
/ref> Khojini retired from championship boxing and the Iranian national boxing team, after returning from the 1963 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
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Living people
1935 births
Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran
Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games
Iranian male boxers
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
Light-heavyweight boxers
Sportspeople from Bandar-e Anzali
20th-century Iranian sportsmen
Iranian martial artists
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