Muhammad Bashir

For other people named Muhammad Bashir, see Muhammad Bashir (disambiguation).

Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر) (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore)^[a] was a wrestler from Pakistan. His bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was Pakistan's first individual Olympic Games medal.^[2][1] Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.^[2]

Muhammad Bashir

Personal information
Born	(1935-03-10)10 March 1935[1] Lahore, Punjab Province, British India (now in Pakistan)[1]
Died	24 June 2001(2001-06-24) (aged 66)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)[1]
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Pakistan Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games – – 1 Commonwealth Games 3 – – Asian Games 1 2 1 Total 4 2 2 Olympic Games 1960 Rome Welterweight Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff Welterweight 1962 Perth Welterweight 1966 Kingston Welterweight Asian Games 1966 Bangkok Welterweight 1962 Jakarta Welterweight (freestyle) 1962 Jakarta Welterweight (Greco-Roman style) 1958 Tokoyo Welterweight

Career

Bashir was a three-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games. He also won four medals in the Asian Games, including 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 Games.^[2]

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round.^[1]

Awards and recognition

Ribbon	Decoration	Country	Year
	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz	Pakistan	1962
	Pride of Performance		1968

Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.^[3]

Olympic results

1960 Rome Summer Olympics

Men's welterweight (73 kg)

• 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall
• 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts
• 3rd round; Lost to Emam-Ali Habibi (IRN) on pts
• 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall
• 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts
• Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR) on pts
• Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall

Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23

1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Men's lightweight (70 kg)

• 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)
• 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR)
• 3rd round; Lost to Mahmut Atalay (TUR) by fall

Notes

1. this is a different sportsman from Muhammad Bashir (born 1930), a Pakistani weightlifter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.