Abdul-Wahid Aziz
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 Basra, Iraq |
| Died | 19 July, 1982 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 67.5 kg (149 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's weightlifting | ||
| Representing Iraq | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1960 Rome | -67.5 kg | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1959 Warsaw | -67.5 kg | |
Abdul-Wahid Aziz (Arabic: عبدالواحد عزيز) (1931 – 19 July 1982)[1] was an Iraqi weightlifter. 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]
Aziz was imprisoned twice for his leftist political views; once in 1963 during the Ramadan Revolution, and once in 1980 during the Saddam Hussein regime.[4]
References
- ^ علوان, فرات (8 September 2019). "ذكرى أول وسام أولمبي للعراق!جبار فشاخ داخل". Sahat Al-Tahreer (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Abdul WAHID AZIZ - Olympic Weightlifting | Iraq". International Olympic Committee. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Abdul Wahid Aziz Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Olympedia – Olympians Who Were Sent to Prison". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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