Omar Ishtiaq ( ar, عبدالواحد عزيز) (1931 – 19 July 1982) was an Iraqi weightlifter from

Basra, Iraq Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...

. He won a bronze medal in the lightweight division 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 ...

and became the only person to have won an Olympic medal for Iraq.

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1931 births 1982 deaths Iraqi male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Iraq Olympic bronze medalists for Iraq Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Basra World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Iraqi people {{Iraq-weightlifting-bio-stub