Mahmoud Namjoo
Mahmoud Namdjou ( born September 22, 1918 in Rasht, † 21 January 1990 Persian محمود نامجو ) is an Iranian weightlifter and participants at the Summer Olympic Games in London in 1948, in Helsinki in 1952 and 1956 in Melbourne.
Career
Mahmoud Namdjou began at the age of 20 years with the weight lifting and participated from 1939 to Iran's national competitions. As a result of the war and the postwar period, he had to wait until his 30th birthday before he could take part in London 1948 1948 in his first international championships, the Olympic Games. Where he took the 5th place in the " Bantamweight (56 kg) ." In compiled by Oscar State, who later became Secretary General of the International Weightlifting Federation World Ranking for 1948 Namdjou stood at 310 kg in the Olympic triathlon in the first place before the Olympic champion of 1948 Joseph Di Pietro, USA, 307.5 kg and Asdarov, USSR, 305 kg. In his commentary on State writes: " Namdjou 's output of 310 kg makes it to the top of Bantamgewichtler for the year 1948 So far we have heard only by himself, that he should have made this achievement.. But I believe that he is actually capable of such performance. " How right Oscar State should have showed up in the next few years, in which Namdjou, despite his advanced age, still achieved many successes, winning two Olympic medals and three times World Champion been.
In addition to weight lifting Mahmoud Namdjou was also known as an artist and bodybuilder.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, Ba = bantamweight )
World Records
- Beidarmiges Launched: 128 kg, 1949 in London ( OS), bantamweight (56 kg)