Farzad Tarash

Farzad Tarash
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1986-10-01) 1 October 1986 (age 38)
Tehran, Iran[1]
Height5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm)
Weight132 lb (60 kg)
Sport
Sportwrestling
ClubHawthorn Citizens Youth Club[1]

Farzad Tarash (Persian: فرزاد تاراش; born 1 October 1986) is a freestyle wrestler from Australia.[2]

An engineer from Melbourne, he was Australia's only competitor in the wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] He competed in the 60 kg division after winning a silver medal at the African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Morocco in March 2012.[4]

He was the Australian champion each year from 2005 to 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Farzad Tarash Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ Barrett, Chris (28 July 2012). "Salad days … and kebabs with the lot". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "Melbourne engineer Farzad Tarash Australia's sole wrestler at London Games". 5 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Tarash Australia's only wrestler in London". 5 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Aussie Olympians go surfing at Winter Olympic Games". olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.


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