Emam-Ali Habibi

Medal record

Emam-Ali Habibi
Competitor for  Iran
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Melbourne 67 kg
World Championships
Gold 1959 Tehran 73 kg
Gold 1961 Yokohama 73 kg
Gold 1962 Toledo 78 kg
Asian Games
Gold 1958 Tokyo 67 kg

Emam-Ali Habibi Goudarzi (Persian: امامعلی حبیبی گودرزی, born May 13, 1931 in Babol) is an Iranian wrestler who competed in Freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Habibi also took 4th at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, losing one of his matches by fall to Douglas Blubaugh of the United States. There is a famous poster (among wrestlers) of Habibi being pinned by Blubaugh, because he was so well-respected and this was a major upset at the time. Habibi now resides in Dallas, Texas.

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