Muhammad Bashir

Muhammad Bashir
Personal information
Born (1935-03-10)10 March 1935
Died 24 June 2001(2001-06-24) (aged 66)
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Pakistan
Olympic Games
1960 Rome, Italy Welterweight
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff, Wales Welterweight
1962 Perth, Australia Welterweight
1966 Kingston, Jamaica Welterweight
Asian Games
1958 Tokyo, Japan Welterweight
1962 Jakarta, Indonesia Welter Greco-Roman
1962 Jakarta, Indonesia Welter Freestyle
1966 Bangkok, Thailand Welterweight

Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر‎) (10 March 1935 in Lahore & died 24 June 2001 in Lahore) was a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1][2]Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to have won a medal at the Olympic Games.[1]

Mohammad Bashir was one of Pakistan's most celebrated wrestlers in their history. He won three gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and also four medals in the Asian Games—a gold at 1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo.

His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned at the 1958 (Cardiff), 1962 (Perth) and 1966 (Kingston) Commonwealth Games.[1]

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round.[2]

Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.[3]

Olympic results

1960 Rome Summer Olympics

Men's welterweight (73 kg)

  • 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall
  • 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts
  • 3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN) on pts
  • 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall
  • 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts
  • Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR) on pts
  • Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall

Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23

1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Men's lightweight (70 kg)

  • 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)
  • 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR)
  • 3rd round; Lost to Mahmut Atalay (TUR) by fall

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mohammad Bashir: Pakistan's only wrestler who won an Olympic medal". Daily Times. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Muhammad Bashir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan Sports Board". www.sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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