Zakaria Chihab (5 March 1926 – November 1984) was a Lebanese

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

. 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 ...

, he won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight category. He moved to Kuwait in the 1960s and died there in the 1980s.

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1926 births 1984 deaths Lebanese male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Lebanon Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Lebanon Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Lebanese people {{Lebanon-Olympic-medalist-stub