Hassan Rahnavardi

Hassan Rahnavardi
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
1957 Tehran 90 kg
1949 Scheveningen 75 kg
1951 Milan 82.5 kg
1955 Munich 90 kg
Asian Games
1951 New Delhi 82.5 kg
1958 Tokyo 90 kg

Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi (Persian: محمد حسن رهنوردی, born 1927 in Tabriz) is an Iranian physician, politician and former weightlifter. He earned two gold medals in Asian Games in 1950's. 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.

He has a Doctor of Dental Surgery from University of Tehran, master of public health from Johns Hopkins University and a DrPH from Tulane University.

For 5 years he was secretary general of Iranian National Olympic Committee and in charge of Iranian Olympic Team for 1968 Maxico City Games and 1972 Munich Games in Germany.

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