Karim Raeisinia

Karim Raeisinia (Persian: کریم رئیسی‌نیا‎; born 1 January 1930 in Tehran)[1] is an Iranian deaf wrestler and a Deaflympics gold medalist.[2][3][4] He won four freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling Deaflympics medals in 62–67 kg category of 1957 Milan and 1961 Helsinki.[3] However, he was unable to gain a medal in the 73–79 kg category of the 1965 Washington DC games because of an injury[4] and was ranked 4th in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.[5][6] He was a friend of Abolhassan Ilchi Kabir[4] and Gholamreza Takhti.[3] Mansour Raeisi is also his cousin.[4]

Karim Raeisinia
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Deaflympics
1957 Milan67 kg
1961 Helsinki67 kg
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Deaflympics
1957 Milan67 kg
1961 Helsinki67 kg

References
  1. "Iranian athletes at 1961 Helsinki Deaflympics". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  2. "Karim Raeisinia | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. دیدار با کریم رئیسی‌نیا، قهرمان خاموش المپیک: سوت یعنی تختی [A visit to Karim Raeisinia, Silent Olympic Champion: Whistling means Takhti] (in Persian). Hamshahri. October 13, 2004. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2012. Alt URL
  4. Sotoudeh, Behnaz; Abedinzadeh, Hamed; Alimardani, Alireza (September 6, 2009). مصاحبه با قهرمان كشتی جهان آقای کریم رئیسی‌نیا [An interview with Mr. Karim Raeisinia, World Champion in Wrestling] (in Persian). Iran Society of Deaf People Family. Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  5. "Washington DC 1965 Games Results Wrestling Greco-Roman 73 - 79kg (middleweight) (1948-1960) - men 29 Jun". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  6. "Washington DC 1965 Games Results Wrestling Freestyle 73 - 79kg (middleweight)(1948-1960) - men 1 Jul". Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
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