Vazik Kazarian aka Vazik Ghazarian ( hy, Վազիկ Ղազարեան; fa, وازیک قازاریان, born 4 May 1937

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Khuzestan Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

, Iran) was an

Iranian Armenian Iranian-Armenians ( hy, իրանահայեր ''iranahayer''), also known as Persian-Armenians ( hy, պարսկահայեր ''parskahayer''), are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of thei ...

boxer www.sports-reference.com
/ref> who became a member of Iran senior national Boxing team in 1956, and was also a member of Tehran Taj Club. He participated as a member of the Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games, in the Light-welterweight division,vista.ir
/ref> and also at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, in the Light-welterweight division. In Tokyo 1958, Kazarian reached the final of the Light-welterweight division after defeating

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from Thailand, on points in the semifinal, and eventually won the silver medal of the 63.5 kg boxing division, after losing on points to Shigemasa Kawakami from

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in the final.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
/ref> He retired from championship boxing and the Iranian national boxing team, after returning from the

1960 Olympic results

Below is the record of Vazik Kazarian, an Iranian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: lost to Bobby Kelsey (Great Britain) by decision, 2-3

References

Living people 1937 births Iranian people of Armenian descent Iranian male boxers Asian Games medalists in boxing Olympic boxers for Iran Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Sportspeople from Khuzestan province Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Light-welterweight boxers Iranian martial artists {{Iran-boxing-bio-stub