Parviz Jalayer

Parviz Jalayer

Personal information
Born	(1939-10-06)6 October 1939 Tehran, Iran[1]
Died	6 July 2019(2019-07-06) (aged 79)
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Coached by	Henrik Tamraz[2]
Medal record Representing  Iran Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 67.5 kg World Championships 1966 East Berlin 67.5 kg Asian Games 1966 Bangkok 67.5 kg

Parviz Jalayer (Persian: پرویز جلایر, 6 October 1939 – 6 July 2019^[3]) was an Iranian weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968. In 1966 he won a gold medal at the Asian Games and a bronze at the World Championships.^[1][4] The following year he set a world record in the clean and jerk.^[5] After retiring from competitions he worked as a weightlifting coach.^[6]

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Gold medalists Silver medalists Bronze medalists