Ali Mirzaei (weightlifter)
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Ali Mirzaei ( fa, علی میرزایی, 28 January 1929 – 18 July 2020) was an Iranian weightlifter who competed in the 56 kg category. His greatest achievement was winning the bronze medal in the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in
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). He won twice a medal at the World Championships. The silver medal in Milan at the
1951 World Weightlifting Championships The 1951 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Italy from October 26 to October 28, 1951. There were 62 men in action from 14 nations. Medal summary Medal table ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightli ...
and the bronze medal three years later in Vienna at the
1954 World Weightlifting Championships The 1954 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from October 7 to October 10, 1954. There were 100 men in action from 23 nations. Medal summary Medal table ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightlifting World Champ ...
. He won the silver medal at the
1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games ( hi, 1951 एशियाई खेल; Marathi: १९५१ आशियाई खेळ), officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Game ...
. During his career Mirzaei set 1 world record.


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* * * 1929 births 2020 deaths Iranian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Olympic weightlifters of Iran Olympic bronze medalists for Iran Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian people {{Iran-Olympic-medalist-stub