Salmassi: The teacher who won Iran’s first Olympic medal
July 29, 2012 by Editor
BBC
In 1948, Iran sent its first Olympic team to the London.
The nation’s young Shah, who had set the country on a course of modernisation, saw the ’48 games as an opportunity to reintroduce Iran to the world.
Weightlifter Ja’afar Salmassi, a teacher by profession, won Iran’s first Olympic medal – a bronze in the featherweight class.
On Sunday, Samassi’s athletic heirs – the men’s 56kg weightlifters – compete in London for 2012 Olympic gold.
The BBC Persian Service’s Khashayar Joneidi tells Salmassi’s story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19019742
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