Soleyman Binafard
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1933 Iran |
| Updated on 28 May 2007. | |
Soleyman Binafard (Persian: سلیمان بینافرد; born 1933) is a former Iranian sport wrestler who is the only Jew in Iran to join its national wrestling team.
He started to wrestle freestyle in 1950 at the age of 15.[1] That year, he won the championship in Tehran's Junior League.[2]
He was twice freestyle national champion in the 48 kg weightclass, champion of Tehran's Taj Arena Championship, champion (single & double champion) in Tehran's senior league, second in Greco-Roman Olympic trials in Italy (1960), second in World Team Trials championship, and a silver medalist in the Maccabiah.
References
Chehabi, H.E. (June 2002). "Sports". In Houman Sarshar. Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-8276-0751-4.