{"id":157127,"date":"2025-01-17T12:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=157127"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:15:45","slug":"commemoration-of-gholamreza-takhti-on-his-57th-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=157127","title":{"rendered":"Commemoration of Gholamreza Takhti, on his 57th death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>57th death anniversary of Gholamreza Takhti, the iconic Iranian wrestler, was commemorated on Tuesday, 17 Dey 1403 (January 7, 2025), at his grave in Ibn Baboye Cemetery, Shahr-e Rey. The ceremony was attended by athletes, sports veterans, officials, family members, and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Takhti, born on Shahrivar 5, 1338 (September 1, 1930), in Tehran&#8217;s Khaniabad neighborhood, began his wrestling career at the age of 20 under the mentorship of Habibollah Bolour at Poulad Club.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Takhti won the national wrestling championship eight times from 1329 to 1338 (1950 to 1959). He was also named Iran\u2019s champion three times and earned a silver medal at the 1951 Helsinki World Championships in the 79 kg weight class during his first international appearance. In his Olympic debut at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Takhti secured a silver medal after being defeated by Kouridze from the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>Takhti passed away on Dey 17, 1346 (January 7, 1967), at the former Atlantic Hotel, when his son Babak was only four months old.<\/p>\n<p>His legacy will forever be remembered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-157128 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_01-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_01-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_01-1-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-157129 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_02-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_29-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_29-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-157145 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_34-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_34-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_34-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-157146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_36-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MG_36-1-200x300.jpg 200w, 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The ceremony was attended by athletes, sports veterans, officials, family members, and fans. Takhti, born on Shahrivar 5, 1338 (September 1, 1930), in Tehran&#8217;s Khaniabad neighborhood, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":157134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[900],"class_list":["post-157127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-gholamreza-takhti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/157134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}