Manouchehr Shafaei

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Manoochehr Shafaei
Mahvash and Manouchehr Shafaei c. 1974
Personal information
NationalityIranian and Germans
Born (1949-09-23) 23 September 1949 (age 74)
Tehran, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Occupations
Sport
SportFencing
Eventsabre
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tehran Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 1974 Tehran Individual sabre

Manoochehr Shafaei (Persian: منوچهر شفایی; born 23 September 1949) is an Iranian human rights activist, journalist, founder and owner of the Azadegy magazine,[1] founder and chairman of the board of Human Rights Defending Association for Iran,[2] inventor[3] and retired sabre fencer. As a fencer he won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games.[4] He also coached his younger sister Mahvash.[5]

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