Mohammad Bashir

Mohammad Bashir (Urdu:محمد بشیر) (Born Lahore March 10, 1935; he has died but date of death is not known) was a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to have claimed a medal at the Olympic Games.

Mohammad Bashir was one of Pakistan's most celebrated wrestlers in their history. He won three gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and also four medals in the Asian Games -- a gold at
1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo.

His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned at 1958 Cardiff, 1962 Perth and 1966 Kingston.

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round. Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.

Olympic results

1960 Rome Summer Olympics

Men's welterweight (73kg):* 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall:* 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts:* 3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN) on pts:* 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall:* 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts:* Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR) on pts:* Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall

Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23

1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Men's lightweight (70kg):* 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE):* 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR):* 3rd round; Lost to Mahmut Atalay (TUR) by fall

Reference

* [http://www.geosuper.tv/articles.asp?id=341 WRESTLER BASHIR MAKES HIS MARK - Super articles by Gul Hameed Bhatti]
* [http://www.sports.gov.pk/Awards/awards_wrestling.htm WRESTLING AWARDS - PSB]