Manouchehr Boroumand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Iranian weightlifter
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Place of Birth: Babolsar, Mazandaran Province, Iran
About Manouchehr Boroumand
- Manouchehr Boroumand (Persian: ?????? ???????, 26 March 1934 – 21 December 2017) was an Iranian heavyweight weightlifter.
- He was selected for the 1960 Summer Olympics, but withdrew in the last moment due to an illness; he also missed the 1962 Asian Games because Iran did not send a delegation there.
- At the 1964 Summer Olympics he placed 12th.
- Boroumand has his best achievements in 1966, when he won a gold medal at the Asian Games and became the first Asian weightlifter to cross the 500 kg barrier in the total, which he has done at the world championships.
- Domestically he held the Iranian heavyweight title between 1961 and 1968.Boroumand married in September 1963 and had three children.
- He retired from competitions around 1968, and from 1972 to 1980 trained the national weightlifting team.
- In 1976 he received a degree in coaching from the Polish Sports Academy.
- Between 1979 and 1985 he headed the Iran Weightlifting Federation.
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