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Abdul-Wahid Aziz

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Olympic medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Iraq
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome -67.5 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Warsaw -67.5 kg

Abdul-Wahid Aziz (Arabic: عبدالواحد عزيز) (1931 – 19 July 1982)[1] was an Iraqi weightlifter from Basra, Iraq. He won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and became the only person to have won an Olympic medal for Iraq.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ علوان, فرات (8 September 2019). "ذكرى أول وسام أولمبي للعراق!جبار فشاخ داخل". Sahat Al-Tahreer (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Abdul WAHID AZIZ - Olympic Weightlifting | Iraq". International Olympic Committee. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Abdul Wahid Aziz Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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