Soleyman Binafard

Soleyman Binafard
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Born	1933; Iran
	Updated on 28 May 2007

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Soleyman Binafard (Persian: سلیمان بینافرد; born 1933) is a former Iranian sport wrestler who is the only Jew in Iran to join its national wrestling team.^{[citation needed]}

He started to wrestle freestyle in 1950 at the age of 15.^[1] That year, he won the championship in Tehran's Junior League.^[1]

He was twice freestyle national champion in the 48 kg weight class, winner of Tehran's Taj Arena Championship, champion (single & double champion) in Tehran's senior league, second in Greco-Roman Olympic trials in Italy (1960)^{[citation needed]}, second in World Team Trials championship, and a silver medalist in the Maccabiah.^{[citation needed]}

References

Chehabi, H.E. (June 2002). "Sports". In Houman Sarshar (ed.). Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-8276-0751-4.

^ ^a ^b Sarshar, Houman (3 November 2018). Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews. Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History. ISBN 9780966129137 – via Google Books.

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[auto-1] Sarshar, Houman (3 November 2018). Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews. Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History. ISBN 9780966129137 – via Google Books.

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