Esmaeil Elmkhah
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Born | 30 December 1936 Rasht, Imperial State of Iran[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||
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Esmaeil Elmkhah (Persian: اسماعیل علمخواه, 30 December 1936 – 1988) was an Iranian featherweight weightlifter. In 1958 he won a silver medal at the Asian Games and set four unofficial world records: one in the snatch, one in the press and two in the total.[3] He later won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.[2]
Elmkhah was born in Rasht, but grew up in Tehran. He had a sister, and lost his parents when he was a child.[1]
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- ^ a b Ismail Elm Khah. National Olympic Committee of Iran
- ^ a b Ismail Elm Khah. Sports Reference.com
- ^ HASSAN ESMAIL ELMKHAN. Sports Reference.com
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 1989 deaths
- Iranian male weightlifters
- Iranian strength athletes
- Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of Iran
- Olympic bronze medalists for Iran
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- People from Rasht
- Iranian weightlifting biography stubs