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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References
edit- ^ a b "Iranian athletes at 1961 Helsinki Deaflympics". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "Karim Raeisinia | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ a b c "Hamshahri Newspaper" دیدار با کریم رئیسینیا، قهرمان خاموش المپیک: سوت یعنی تختی [A visit to Karim Raeisinia, Silent Olympic Champion: Whistling means Takhti] (in Persian). Hamshahri. October 13, 2004. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2012. Alt URL
- ^ a b c d Sotoudeh, Behnaz; Abedinzadeh, Hamed; Alimardani, Alireza (September 6, 2009). مصاحبه با قهرمان كشتی جهان آقای کریم رئیسینیا [An interview with Mr. Karim Raeisinia, World Champion in Wrestling] (in Persian). Iran Society of Deaf People Family. Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ "Washington DC 1965 Games Results Wrestling Greco-Roman 73 - 79kg (middleweight) (1948-1960) - men 29 Jun". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "Washington DC 1965 Games Results Wrestling Freestyle 73 - 79kg (middleweight)(1948-1960) - men 1 Jul". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
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