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{{Short description|Iranian weightlifter (1918–1989)}}
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{{MedalSilver  | [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics|56 kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze  | [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics|56 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1949 World Weightlifting Championships|1949 Scheveningen]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1950 World Weightlifting Championships|1950 Paris]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1951 World Weightlifting Championships|1951 Milan]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1954 World Weightlifting Championships|1954 Vienna]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1955 World Weightlifting Championships|1955 Munich]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1957 World Weightlifting Championships|1957 Tehran]]|56 kg}}
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{{MedalGold| [[1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|56 kg]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[1958 Asian Games|1958 Tokyo]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1958 Asian Games|56 kg]]}}
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'''Mahmoud Namjoo''' ({{langx|fa|محمود نامجو}}, September 22, 1918 – January 21, 1989) was an Iranian bantamweight [[weightlifter]]. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed fifth, second and third, respectively. At the world championships he won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1949 and 1957,<ref name=sr/><ref name=bio/> becoming the first Iranian weightlifter to win a world title. Namjoo was also the first Asian weightlifter to set a world record;<ref name=r1/> during his career he set four: one in [[clean and jerk]] in 1949 and three in the total, in 1948, 1949 and 1951.<ref name=chid/>

Namjoo was born in [[Rasht]] in 1918 and in 1937 moved to [[Tehran]], where he worked at a carpentry workshop. He took weightlifting in a gym nearby. Besides weightlifting he also competed in bodybuilding, and won the [[Universe Championships|Mr. Universe]] title in his weight division in 1948, placing fifth in 1955.<ref name=r2/> In 1956, he spent two months working as a weightlifting coach in [[Turkey]]. He continued training in his forties and unsuccessfully tried to qualify for the 1960 Olympics.<ref name=bio/> He died of [[pancreatic cancer]] aged 70.<ref name=r1/>

==External links==
{{Olympedia|56049}}

==References==
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<ref name=bio>[http://www.olympic.ir/fa/historymedals/olympicmedals/silvermedalist/mahmoudnamjou Mahmoud Namjoo]. [[National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran|National Olympic Committee of Iran]]
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<ref name=chid>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=177 MAHMOUD NAMJOU]. chidlovski.net</ref>
<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/mahmoud-namdjou-1.html Mahmoud Namjoo]. sports-reference.com</ref>
<ref name=r1>[http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=981 Mahmoud Namjoo]. takhtejamshidcup.com</ref>
<ref name=r2>[http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?a=Namdjou,+Mahmoud Mahmoud Namdjou]. musclememory.com</ref>
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| title = [[List of flag bearers for Iran at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{IRI}}
| years = [[1952 Summer Olympics|Helsinki 1952]]
| after = Mahmoud Namjoo
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| before = Mahmoud Namjoo
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Iran at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{IRI}}
| years = [[1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne 1956]]
| after = [[Jafar Salmasi]]
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{{Footer World Champions Weightlifting Men Bantamweight}}
{{Asian Games Champions Weightlifting Bantamweight Men}}
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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Iranian male weightlifters]]
[[Category:Iranian strength athletes]]
[[Category:Iranian male bodybuilders]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for Iran]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Rasht]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Asian Games weightlifters for Iran]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1951 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games]]


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