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Mahmoud Namjoo

1918 - 1990

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Mahmoud Namjoo (Persian: محمود نامجو, September 22, 1918 – January 21, 1989) was an Iranian bantamweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed fifth, second and third, respectively. At the world championships he won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1949 and 1957, becoming the first Iranian weightlifter to win a world title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmoud Namjoo has received more than 34,305 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmoud Namjoo is the 705th most popular athlete, the 347th most popular biography from Iran and the most popular Iranian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mahmoud Namjoo ranks 705 out of 3,059. Before him are Guinn Smith, Fernando Altimani, Karl Warner, Antero Kivi, Josef Holeček, and Amos Biwott. After him are Mel Patton, Barbara Sobotta, Marlene Ahrens, Efren Reyes, Karl-Friedrich Haas, and Siiri Rantanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Mahmoud Namjoo ranks 222. Before him are Yevgeniya Sechenova, Hans Berglund, Luis Alcoriza, Gunder Hägg, Renée Faure, and Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza. After him are Donald Regan, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Don McNeill, Viktor Talalikhin, Horacio Casarín, and Gisela Arendt. Among people deceased in 1990, Mahmoud Namjoo ranks 219. Before him are Yevgeniya Sechenova, Gary Merrill, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Albert Salmi, Gino Cappello, and José Luis Panizo. After him are Wilhelm Baumann, Cazuza, Alfredo Pián, Ralph Abernathy, Mohamed Latif, and Pasquale Fornara.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mahmoud Namjoo ranks 347 out of 528. Before him are Hossein Salami (1960), Darius Khondji (1955), Ali Parvin (1946), Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (1939), Golshifteh Farahani (1983), and Rita (1962). After him are Nasser Hejazi (1949), Dariush (1951), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Azar Nafisi (1955), Yusuf Adil Shah (1459), and Andy (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In Iran

Among athletes born in Iran, Mahmoud Namjoo ranks 1. After him are Ali Mirzaei (1929), Hadi Saei (1976), Behdad Salimi (1989), Zahra Nemati (1985), Kimia Alizadeh (1998), Bahman Golbarnezhad (1968), Kianoush Rostami (1991), Ehsan Haddadi (1985), Milad Beigi (1991), and Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (1986).

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