Mohammad Nassiri Explained

Mohammad Nasiri Seresht (Persian: محمد نصیری سرشت, born 31 July 1945) is a retired Iranian weightlifter. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. He also won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1966, 1970 and 1974 and at the world championships in 1968-70 and 1973–74, placing second in 1972 and third in 1966, 1971 and 1976. Between 1966 and 1973 he set 15 ratified world records: 10 in clean and jerk, 3 in the press and 2 in the total. In 1995 he was inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.

Nasiri took up weightlifting aged 13. He mostly competed in the 56 kg category, but for the 1973 World Championships in Havana he lowered his body weight to 52 kg, and even shaved his head for that. In Havana he set four world records within one day. He stayed in the 52 kg division for the rest of his career.

World championships

Year	Place	Weight	Medal
width=50	Press	width=50	Snatch	width=50	Cl&Jerk	width=50	Total
		56 kg	—	—	—
		56 kg	—	—	—
		56 kg	—	—	—
		56 kg
		56 kg
		56 kg
		56 kg
		52 kg	—
		52 kg	—
		52 kg	—
		52 kg	—

• Olympic Games 1968, 1972 and 1976 counted as World Championships too.
• No medals for individual lifts before 1969.
• Press was removed from Olympic weightlifting after 1972.

Olympics

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Year	Venue	Weight	Military Press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)					Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	4	width=40	Rank
Olympic Games
		56 kg	97.5	102.5	105	4	85	90	90	22	120	120	120		18	310	15
		56 kg	112.5	117.5	117.5	4	100	105	105	3	142.5	150	--		1	367.5
		56 kg	120	125	127.5	1	100	105	105	10	142.5	152.5	152.5		1	370
		52 kg					90	100	102.5	4	135	135	142.5	141.5	2	235