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Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر) (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore)[a] was a wrestler from Pakistan. His bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was Pakistan's first individual Olympic Games medal.[2][1] Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.[2]
Bashir was a three-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games. He also won four medals in the Asian Games, including a gold at 1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo.
His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned at the 1958 Cardiff, 1962 Perth and 1966 Kingston Games.[2]
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round.[1]
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Tamgha-e-Imtiaz |  Pakistan
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1962 |
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Pride of Performance | 1968 |
Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.[3]
Men's welterweight (73 kg)
Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23
Men's lightweight (70 kg)
1954–1958: 73 kg • 1962–1966: 78 kg • 1970–1994: 74 kg • 1998: 76 kg • 2002–present: 74 kg | |
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