The Best achievements of the National Federations – Iran
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Iran was host of Asian Games, Asian Boxing Championships and Asian Youth Boxing Championships in their history. The country earned five titles in the boxing events of the Asian Games and topped the medal table of the Asian Boxing Championships twice.
Iran is No.11 in the overall list of the Asian Games with 5 gold, 11 silver and 26 bronze medals in the history of the competition. The 42 Iranians medals in the boxing tournaments of the Asian Games is a strong commitment for the sport. The Iranians have done their debuts in the Asian Games in the 1958 Tokyo edition where their boxers earned three silver and three bronze medals.
Iran’s capital Tehran hosted the 1974 edition of the Asian Games where their boxers have done a great breakthrough with three gold medals. Sharif Delaram, Masis Hambarsumian and Abdol Reza Andaveh were their gold medallists in the Tehran 1974 Asian Games.
Ayoub Purtaghi Ghoushchi won their fourth Asian Games title at the light heavyweight (81kg) in the Hiroshima 1994 edition. Their next title was achieved by Ali Mazaheri at the heavyweight (91kg) in the Doha 2006 Asian Games which is Iran’s last gold in the history of the event.
The first Iranian gold medal in the history of the Asian Boxing Championships was achieved by Nasser Aghai in the first 1963 edition in Bangkok. Iran achieved two titles in the Colombo 1967 Asian Boxing Championships which was their first event where their boxers achieved more than one gold medal.
Tehran hosted the Asian Boxing Championships twice in their history, firstly in 1971, secondly in 1994. Iran topped the medal table in the 1971 and in the 1977 Asian Boxing Championships. Their last gold medal in the Asian Boxing Championships was taken by Ali Mazaheri in Ulaanbaatar eighteen years ago.
The Iranians attended many of the World Boxing Championships and Youth World Boxing Championships and they earned historic medals in the recent years. Their Daniyal Shakhbaksh achieved a bronze medal for the very first time at the 2021 World Boxing Championships in Belgrade. Iran’s talents achieved medals at the 2024 Youth World Boxing Championships in Budva, marking another milestone.
Their younger boxers amazed at the ASBC Asian Junior & Schoolboys Boxing Championships in Al-Ain in 2024 where Iran had record number of gold medals.
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