Amir Yavari

Amir Yavari
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's boxing
Asian Games
1958 Tokyo71 kg

Ghasem Amir Yavarkandi (Persian: قاسم امیر یاورکندی, born December 5, 1931 Tehran) also known as Amir Yavari, was a member of the Iranian senior national boxing team.[1] Yavari joined the Niroo va Rasti (Power and Virtue) Club (Persian: نیرو و راستی‎) in 1947 at the age of sixteen,[2] where he started his boxing career and became a member of Jafari Club (Persian: جعفری‎) later on, where he stayed until 1962 which was the end of his national boxing championship career.

Boxing career

Yavari; a member of Tehran's Jafari Club, boxing in the 67 and 71 kg divisions, was selected to train with the Iran national Boxing team to participate at the 1948 Summer Olympics, for the first time, as a reserve boxer, making his national-team debut.[2] He acted as team captain of the Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games[3] in the light-middleweight division. Yavari won the silver medal in the 71 kg boxing division after losing on points to Osamu Takahashi from Japan in the final.[4] Yavari was selected as Iranian captain during the 1960 Summer Olympics,[1][5] where he competed in the welterweight division. Yavari was also selected in the light-middleweight division of the senior Iranian national boxing team for Jakarta, Indonesia, 1962 Asian Games, succeeding Iran national championship matches held in Tehran, after defeating his opponents.[6] After Iran National Olympic Committee (N.O.C.IRAN) decided not to participate in the games, with any sports team, mentioning lack of adequate national budget,[7] Yavari retired from championship boxing and the Iranian national boxing team in 1962, passing on the national boxing team captaincy armband to Hassan Pakandam.[8]

Personal

Yavari was born in, Tehran, Iran, and lived in Mokhberedoleh (Persian: مخبر الدوله‎), Tehran, when he started his boxing career. He married in 1963 and has three sons from his marriage.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 www.sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 3 ghahremanan.ir
  3. ↑ vista.ir
  4. ↑ amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
  5. ↑ isna.ir
  6. ↑ فاتحین رینگ"، تربیت بدنی وپیش آهنگی، نشریه رسمی تربیت بدنی ایران، چهارشنبه 27 تیر 1341، صفحات هشت تا یازده" ("Conquerors of the ring", Official Journal of Iran Physical Education, Wednesday July 18, 1962, pages 8-11)(Farsi)
  7. ↑ baztab.net "روایت 49ساله از بودجه دولت در ورزش" (Farsi)
  8. ↑ دانشکده علوم ارتباطات اجتماعی دانشگاه تهران، پایان نامه برای دریافت درجه لیسانس روزنامه نگاری، موضوع:"المپیک 1964 توکیو"، تهیه کننده:"ماریاصادقی لاهیجانی"، بهمن ماه2535، متن مصاحبه با آقای حسن پاک اندام صفحات 270-258


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