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Muhammad Ebrahim Khedri ( prs, محمد ابراهیم خدری) known as Pahlawan Ebrahim (); (11 April 1938 – 22 May 2022) was an ethnic Hazara wrestler from

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, who competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

, and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in the

featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...

events.

Early life

Ebrahim Khedri was born on 11 April 1938 into a peasant family of Hazara ethnic group, in the

Turkman Valley Torkman Valley or (Dare''-ye'' Torkman, prs, دره ترکمن; haz, دره تورکمو) is a valley in Afghanistan located in Surkhi Parsa District, Parwan Province in Hazarajat region, which is inhabited by the Hazara people. Etymology Th ...

Surkhi Parsa District Surkh-o- Parsa sometimes spelt as Surkhi Parsa ( fa, سرخ پارسا) is a district in Parwan province, Afghanistan. The center of the district is called Lulinj and is a green valley around a river. Geography The district is composed of sever ...

Parwan province Parwan (Dari: ), also spelled Parvan, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 751,000. The province is multi-ethnic and mostly rural society. The province is divided into ten districts. The town of Imam Abu Hanif ...

. He moved with his family to

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as a child.

Death

Ebrahim Khedri died on 22 May 2022 aged 84 in a hospital in

Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

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* * 1938 births 2022 deaths Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Afghan male sport wrestlers Hazara sportspeople Olympic wrestlers of Afghanistan Sportspeople from Kabul Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1958 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Afghanistan Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games {{Afghanistan-wrestling-bio-stub

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