Karim Raeisinia ( fa, کریم رئیسی‌نیا; born 1 January 1930 in

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 ...

) is an Iranian deaf wrestler and a

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gold medalist.Alt URL
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and

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Deaflympics medals in 62–67 kg category of 1957 Milan and 1961 Helsinki. However, he was unable to gain a medal in the 73–79 kg category of the 1965 Washington DC games because of an injury and was ranked 4th in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman. He was a friend of Abolhassan Ilchi Kabir and

Gholamreza Takhti Gholamreza Takhti ( fa, غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani (''Persian Traditional Sport'') practitioner.Houchang E. Chehabi, �TAḴTI, Ḡolām-Re ...

Mansour Raeisi Mansour Raeisi ( fa, منصور رئیسی; 1928–1980) was an Iranian Olympician Freestyle Wrestler and FILA International Referee. He is one of the most notable Iranian wrestlers of his generation. He represented Iran at 1948 Summer Oly ...

is also his cousin.

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1930 births Sport wrestlers from Tehran Deaf martial artists Living people Iranian male sport wrestlers Iranian deaf people 20th-century Iranian sportsmen 21st-century Iranian sportspeople {{Deaf-stub