Mahmoud Namjoo

Medal record
1958 Asian Games
Competitor for  Iran
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Silver	1952 Helsinki	56 kg
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	56 kg
World Championships
Gold	1949 Scheveningen	56 kg
Gold	1950 Paris	56 kg
Gold	1951 Milan	56 kg
Silver	1954 Vienna	56 kg
Bronze	1955 Munich	56 kg
Bronze	1957 Tehran	56 kg
Asian Games
Gold	1951 New Delhi	56 kg
Silver	1958 Tokyo	56 kg

Mahmoud Namjoo (Persian: محمود نامجو , Rasht 1916 - Tehran 1990) was an Iranian weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He was a representative for Iran in 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki (Silver) and Melbourne 1956 (Bronze). In Melbourne, he lifted 25 kg above his personal record. A street has been named after him in Rasht.

Namjoo died in Tehran in 1990. [1]

1956 Olympics, Namjoo on the 3rd place

External links

• Olympic Photos

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Name	Namjoo, Mahmoud
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Date of birth	1916
Place of birth
Date of death	1990
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