| Birth Date: | 10 March 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Punjab Province, British India (now in Pakistan) |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Weight: | 73 kg |
Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر) (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore) was a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1] [2] Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.[1]
Bashir was a three-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games and also won four medals in the Asian Games. These were a gold at 1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo.
His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned at the 1958 (Cardiff), 1962 (Perth) and 1966 (Kingston) Commonwealth Games.[1]
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round.[2]
Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.[3]
Men's welterweight (73 kg)
Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23
Men's lightweight (70 kg)