Petros Nazarbegian ( hy, Պետրոս Նազարբեգեան; fa, پطروس نظربگیان May 6, 1927 – November 13, 2015) was an Iranian amateur boxer of Armenian ethnicity who competed in the lightweight division at 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 ...
as a member of the
Iran senior national
Boxing team. He lost to
Erkki Pakkanen, the eventual bronze medal winner, in the second round on points.
Nazarbegian was also the head coach of Iranian national boxing team, from 1954 up to 1963,
[Bamdad Ketaab, Mahmood Mosaadian (2009) کتاب تاریخچه بوکس ایران از 1324 تا 1357، جلد اول، ناشر: بامداد کتاب، نویسنده محمود مساعدیان، چاپ اول، 1388، شابک 9789642060337، تعداد صفحه 430 (History of Boxing in Iran from 1945 to 1979, First Volume, First Edition, (Persian)] an international referee, and vice president of the
International Boxing Association
The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate cha ...
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In Tokyo 1958, Petros Nazarbegian acted as head coach for the ]Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games
Iran participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.
Competitors
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Results by event
Aquatics ...
who were participating officially for the first time in the Third Asian Games, with a team of nine boxers, managing to rank second, considering medal counts, and fifth in the overall boxing table.[vista.ir Vista News Hub Website مشت زنی ایران در بازیهای آسیایی" ویستا مرجع مهمترین عناوین خبری" (in Persian)]
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References
External links
*http://www.khoroosjangi.com/1392/06/29/تاریخچهی-بوکس-در-ایران-از-1324-تا-1357/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20181123014005/http://www.khoroosjangi.com/1393/01/23/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DA%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B2%DB%B4-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B5/
*http://www.ghahremanzadeh.ir/product/?sec=view_product&item_type=book&publisher_id=100&book_id=864
1927 births
Olympic boxers for Iran
Iranian male boxers
Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
2015 deaths
Iranian people of Armenian descent
Iranian emigrants to the United States
Lightweight boxers
Sportspeople from Tehran
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