Mohammad Ali Fardin
Mohammad Ali Fardin ( born April 7, 1930 in Tehran, † April 6, 2000 ibid; persian محمدعلی فردین ) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and actor.
Career
Mohammand Ali Fardin began as a teenager in Tehran with the rings. He developed into a strong freestyle wrestler. In 1954, he came for the first time at the World Championships in Tokyo welterweight used. He won there after good performances with four wins the silver medal. In the final, he lost it against Vakhtang Balavadze from the USSR.
In qualifying for the 1956 Olympics, he was defeated by Nabi Sorouri and therefore could not go in Melbourne at the start. But in 1957 he made the leap back into the Iranian wrestlers national team, which was launched at the World Championship in Istanbul. In the welterweight Fardin won a fight, once rang draw and losing to İsmail Ogan from Turkey and again against Vakhtang Balavadze and ended up in 4th place.
After his time as an active wrestler Mohammad Ali Fardin made in Iran as a film actor career. He played in countless films as " King of Hearts " the irresistible heartbreaker. After the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Ali Fardin fell out of favor with the new rulers and was able to shoot a single movie more. He then opened a bakery in Tehran, with which he earned his livelihood.
That he was not forgotten by his many fans who showed up at his funeral in 2000 in Tehran, as more than 50,000 mourners gave him their last respects.
International success
(WM = World Championship, F = free style, We = welterweight, then to 73 kg body weight)