Imam-Ali Habibi
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Emam-Ali Habibi Goudarzi ' onMouseout='HidePop("16142")' href="/topics/Babol">Babol
) is an Iran
ian 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
.
Babol
Babol is a city in and the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 198,636, in 55,943 families....
) is an Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian wrestler who competed in Freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
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Habibi also took 4th at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, losing one of his matches by fall to Douglas Blubaugh
Douglas Blubaugh
Douglas Morlan Blubaugh , was an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received a gold medal in freestyle welterweight, defeating the five-time world champion Emam-Ali Habibi.Blubaugh, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, was a two-time AAU...
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
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
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Achievements
- Gold Medal Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia (Cat 67 kg)
- Gold Medal Asian Games 1958 Tokyo, Japan (67 kg)
- Gold Medal World Cup Champion 1959 Tehran, Iran (73 kg)
- 4th place Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy (73 kg)
- Gold Medal World Cup Champion 1961 Yokohama, Japan (73 kg)
- Gold Medal World Cup Champion 1962 Toledo, Ohio U.S.A. (78 kg)