Hassan Rahnavardi
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Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tabriz, Iran | 23 June 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 September 2023 | (aged 96)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82.90 kg (182.8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 90 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi (Persian: محمد حسن رهنوردی; 23 June 1927 – 5 September 2023) was an Iranian physician, politician and weightlifter. He earned two gold medals in Asian Games in 1950s. He was a member of National Consultative Assembly from Sari and later from Tehran. He was a deputy minister of health and minister of education prior to the Iranian Islamic revolution. His last position was Governor of Yazd.
Biography
Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi was born in Tabriz on 23 June 1927. He had a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Tehran, a master of public health from Johns Hopkins University and a DrPH from Tulane University. For five years he was the secretary general of the Iranian National Olympic Committee and in charge of Iranian Olympic Team for 1968 Mexico City Games and 1972 Munich Games in Germany. Rahnavardi died on 5 September 2023, at the age of 96.
- 1927 births
- 2023 deaths
- Iranian male weightlifters
- People from Sari, Iran
- Deputies of Tehran for National Consultative Assembly
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Iran
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1951 Asian Games
- Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alumni
- Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine alumni
- Sportspeople from Tabriz
- Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Members of the 21st Iranian Majlis
- Members of the 22nd Iranian Majlis
- Sportspeople from Sari, Iran
- 20th-century Iranian people
- Iranian weightlifting biography stubs