Majid Torkan

Medal record
Competitor for  Iran
Men’s freestyle wrestling
World Championships
Gold	1990 Tokyo	52 kg
Silver	1985 Budapest	48 kg
Bronze	1989 Martigny	52 kg
Asian Games
Gold	1986 Seoul	48 kg
Asian Championships
Gold	1983 Tehran	48 kg
Gold	1989 Oarai	52 kg
Gold	1991 New Delhi	52 kg
Silver	1992 Tehran	52 kg

Majid Torkan (born 1965) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler in Flyweight class, who won the gold medal by World Championship 1990. Like his fellow Iranian wrestlers in 1980's his sport career was affected by not participation of Iran at the Olympic Games 1984 and World Championships 1986 Budapest and 1987 Clermont-Ferrand.

Trivia

In 1986, after winning the gold medal at the Asian Games, he was criticized by Iranian media after a TV interview when he said that in Iran he does not have a serious opponent in his weight class. Later he apologized and said that Oveis Mallah is a respected opponent in Iran.

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Name	Torkan, Majid
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Date of birth	1965
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