Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi

Iranian weightlifter

Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi (Persian: مهدی عطار اشرفی‎; 23 December 1948 – 9 January 2021) was an Iranian middleweight weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games and a silver at the 1979 Asian Championships and competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi
Attar-Ashrafi in 1975
Personal information
Born(1948-12-23)23 December 1948
Died9 January 2021(2021-01-09) (aged 72)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Tehran -75 kg
Asian Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Tokyo -75 kg

Attar-Ashrafi was born in Tehran. He died on 9 January 2021 in Tehran, aged 72.[1]

References

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  1. Mehdi Attar Ashrafi. sports-reference.com