Gholamreza Takhti
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Gholamreza Takhti was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and a practitioner of varzesh-e bastani. He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Championships, and 1961 Wo
Takhti in the 1950s
Takhti's tomb, Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Pahlevani and Zoorkhaneh rituals is the name inscribed by UNESCO for Varzesh-e Pahlavāni or Varzesh-e Bāstāni, a traditional system of athletics and a form of martial arts originally used to train war
Gholamreza Takhti
…Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی; 27 August 1930 – 7 January 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and a practitioner of varzesh-e bastani (traditional Persian sport). He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Championships, and 1961 World Championships…
The pahlevan Mustafa Tousi holding a pair of meels
Studio Portrait of Three Persian Wrestlers by Antoin Sevruguin, c. 1890
Training push-ups
Pahlevan Namjoo Zurkhaneh in Azadi Street