Firouz Pojhan

Firouz Pojhan (Persian: فيروز پژهان; October 3, 1926 – 1996) was an Iranian weightlifter[1] who was a member of Iran senior national weightlifting team. He participated at the 1951 and 1958 Asian Games, in which he won the gold medal of both events in his division, and the 1951, 1957 and 1958 World Weightlifting Championships, in which he won the bronze medal of all events in his division. He also partook in the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4]

Firouz Pojhan
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1951 Milan90 kg
Bronze medal – third place1957 Tehran90 kg
Bronze medal – third place1958 Stockholm+90 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1951 New Delhi 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1958 Tokyo +90 kg

References
  1. Firouz Pojhan profile @ sports-reference.com
  2. http://www.olympic.ir (in Persian)
  3. www1.jamejamonline.ir Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
  4. Weightlifting - Firouz POJHAN


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