| Medal record | ||
Jafar Salmasi |
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| Competitor for Iran | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's weightlifting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 1948 London | 60 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 1951 New Delhi | 60 kg |
Mohammad Jafar Salmasi (Persian: محمد جعفر سلماسی, September 22, 1918 – January 31, 2000) was a Iranian weightlifter who won Iran's first Olympic medal at 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kadhimiya, Iraq.
He then won the gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi. He was the Iranian champion in the featherweight weight class for five years, 1944 through 1948. He died in Tehran in January, 2000.