Muhammad Bashir
Mohammad Bashir was a wrestler from Pakistan. His bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was Pakistan's first individual Olympic Games medal. Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.
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 78 kg|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.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class but only went up to the third round.
Awards and recognition
Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan.Olympic results
1960 Rome Summer Olympics
Men's welterweightMohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23