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Muhammad Ibrahim Khedri () known as Pahlawan Ibrahim (); (11 April 1938 – 22 May 2022) was an ethnic Hazara wrestler from
Muhammad Ibrahim Khedri () known as Pahlawan Ibrahim (); (11 April 1938 – 22 May 2022) was an ethnic Hazara wrestler from Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
, who competed at the 1960
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, 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 Patria ...
, 1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
, and 1972 Summer Olympics
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in the featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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events.
Early life
Khedri was born on 11 April 1938 into a peasant family of Hazara ethnic group, in the Turkman Valley of Surkhi Parsa District inParwan province
Parwan also spelled Parvan () is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is the largest province of the Greater Parwan region and has a population of about 751,000. The province is multi-ethnic and mostly rural society. The province is divid ...
. He moved with his family to Kabul
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as a child.
Death
Ibrahim Khedri died on 22 May 2022, aged 84, in Kabul.See also
* List of Hazara people * Wakil Hussain AllahdadReferences
External links
* * 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 for 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