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Born | [1] | January 1, 1930|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karim Raeisinia ( Persian: کریم رئیسینیا; born 1 January 1930 in Tehran) [1] is an Iranian deaf wrestler and a Deaflympics gold medalist. [2] [3] [4] He won four freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling Deaflympics medals in 62–67 kg category of 1957 Milan and 1961 Helsinki. [3] However, he was unable to gain a medal in the 73–79 kg category of the 1965 Washington DC games because of an injury [4] and was ranked 4th in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman. [5] [6] He was a friend of Abolhassan Ilchi Kabir [4] and Gholamreza Takhti. [3] Mansour Raeisi is also his cousin. [4]
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Karim Raeisinia ( Persian: کریم رئیسینیا; born 1 January 1930 in Tehran) [1] is an Iranian deaf wrestler and a Deaflympics gold medalist. [2] [3] [4] He won four freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling Deaflympics medals in 62–67 kg category of 1957 Milan and 1961 Helsinki. [3] However, he was unable to gain a medal in the 73–79 kg category of the 1965 Washington DC games because of an injury [4] and was ranked 4th in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman. [5] [6] He was a friend of Abolhassan Ilchi Kabir [4] and Gholamreza Takhti. [3] Mansour Raeisi is also his cousin. [4]