Bijan Zarnegar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bijan Zarnegar

Iranian fencer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1940

Place of Birth: Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, Iran

Date of Death: 21-Apr-2017

Profession: fencer

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Bijan Zarnegar (Persian: ???? ???????, 25 March 1940 in Kermanshah, Iran – 21 April 2017 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian practitioner of fencing.He started fencing when he was 18 years old in Tehran while studying at the Police University in Tehran.
He worked as a police officer while he was practicing fencing.
He competed in the individual and team foil, épée and sabre events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.He became Asian fencing champion in 1968 in the Men's individual epee.
He was captain of the Iranian national fencing team from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1995.
He died in 2017 in Tehran.