Mehdi Takhti ,who was the brother of Gholamreza Takhti

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Takhti won his first persian championship in 1950, and on his first trip abroad in 1951, he won a silver medal at the world freestyle championships in Helsinki – the first international medal ever gained by an Iranian wrestler. One year later, he won another silver medal, again in Helsinki, this time in the 1952 Summer Olympic Games.

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