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{{Short description|Iranian weightlifter (born 1945)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg|56 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg|56 kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg|52 kg]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1968 World Weightlifting Championships|1968 Mexico City]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1969 World Weightlifting Championships|1969 Warsaw]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1970 World Weightlifting Championships|1970 Columbus]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1973 World Weightlifting Championships|1973 Havana]]|52 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1974 World Weightlifting Championships|1974 Manila]]|52 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1972 World Weightlifting Championships|1972 Munich]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1966 World Weightlifting Championships|1966 Berlin]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1971 World Weightlifting Championships|1971 Lima]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1976 World Weightlifting Championships|1976 Montreal]]|52 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1966 Asian Games|1966 Bangkok]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1966 Asian Games|56 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1970 Asian Games|56 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games|Total - 52 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games|Clean & jerk - 52 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games|Snatch - 52 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Weightlifting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1971 Asian Weightlifting Championships|1971 Manila]]|56 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1977 Baghdad|56 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|1965 Tehran|56 kg}}
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'''Mohammad Nasiri Seresht''' ({{langx|fa|محمد نصیری سرشت}}, born 31 July 1945) is a retired [[Iran]]ian weightlifter. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. He also won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1966, 1970 and 1974 and at the world championships in 1968-70 and 1973–74, placing second in 1972 and third in 1966, 1971 and 1976.<ref name=sr/><ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/> Between 1966 and 1973 he set 15 ratified world records: 10 in [[clean and jerk]], 3 in the [[press (weightlifting)|press]] and 2 in the total.<ref name=chid/> In 1995 he was inducted into the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] [[Hall of fame|Hall of Fame]].<ref name=hall/>

Nasiri took up weightlifting aged 13. He mostly competed in the 56&nbsp;kg category, but for the 1973 World Championships in Havana he lowered his body weight to 52&nbsp;kg, and even shaved his head for that. In Havana he set four world records within one day. He stayed in the 52&nbsp;kg division for the rest of his career.<ref name=chid/><ref name=r2/>

==World championships==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! rowspan=2 width=40|Year!! rowspan=2 width=150|Place !! rowspan=2 width=60|Weight!! colspan=4|Medal
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!width=50|Press
!width=50|Snatch
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|[[1965 World Weightlifting Championships|1965]] || align=left| [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] || 56&nbsp;kg || — || — || — || 
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|[[1966 World Weightlifting Championships|1966]] || align=left| [[East Berlin]], [[East Germany]] || 56&nbsp;kg || — || — || — || {{bronze3}}
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|[[1968 World Weightlifting Championships|1968]] || align=left| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] || 56&nbsp;kg || — || — || — || {{gold1}}
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|[[1969 World Weightlifting Championships|1969]] || align=left| [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] || 56&nbsp;kg || {{silver2}} ||  || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
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|[[1970 World Weightlifting Championships|1970]] || align=left| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[United States]] || 56&nbsp;kg || {{bronze3}} ||  || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
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|[[1971 World Weightlifting Championships|1971]] || align=left| [[Lima]], [[Peru]] || 56&nbsp;kg || {{gold1}} ||  || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}}
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|[[1972 World Weightlifting Championships|1972]] || align=left| [[Munich]], [[West Germany]] || 56&nbsp;kg || {{silver2}} ||  || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}}
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|[[1973 World Weightlifting Championships|1973]] || align=left| [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] || 52&nbsp;kg || — ||  || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
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|[[1974 World Weightlifting Championships|1974]] || align=left| [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] || 52&nbsp;kg || — || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
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|[[1976 World Weightlifting Championships|1976]] || align=left| [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] || 52&nbsp;kg || — ||  || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}}
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|[[1977 World Weightlifting Championships|1977]] || align=left| [[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]] || 52&nbsp;kg || — ||  || {{silver2}} || 
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* Olympic Games 1968, 1972 and 1976 counted as World Championships too.
* No medals for individual lifts before 1969.
* Press was removed from Olympic weightlifting after 1972.

==Olympics==
[[File:Imre Földi, Mohammad Nassiri, Henryk Trębicki 1968.jpg|thumb|left|Podium of [[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg|Men's 56 kg at Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]. From left to right, [[Imre Földi]], Mohammad Nassiri and [[Henryk Trębicki]].]]
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! rowspan=2 width=40|Year
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!colspan=4| Military Press (kg)
!colspan=4| Snatch (kg)
!colspan=5| Clean & Jerk (kg)
!rowspan=2 width=40| Total
!rowspan=2 width=40| Rank
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! colspan=18|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
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|[[Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] || align=left| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] || 56&nbsp;kg ||97.5||102.5||'''105'''||4||'''85'''||<s>90</s>||<s>90</s>||22||<s>120</s>||<s>120</s>||'''120'''||||18||'''310'''||'''15'''
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|[[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] || align=left| {{flag icon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] || 56&nbsp;kg ||'''112.5'''||<s>117.5</s>||<s>117.5</s>||4||100||<s>105</s>||'''105'''||3||142.5||'''150'''||--||||1||'''367.5'''||{{gold1}}
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|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GER}} [[Munich]], [[Germany]] || 56&nbsp;kg ||120||125||'''127.5'''||1||'''100'''||<s>105</s>||<s>105</s>||10||'''142.5'''||<s>152.5</s>||<s>152.5</s>||||1||'''370'''||{{silver2}}
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|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] || align=left| {{flag icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] || 52&nbsp;kg ||||||||||90||'''100'''||<s>102.5</s>||4||<s>135</s>||'''135'''||<s>142.5</s>||<s>141.5</s>||2||'''235'''||{{bronze3}}
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== References ==
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<ref name=chid>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=178 Mohammad Nassiri]. chidlovski.net</ref>
<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000011/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/mohammad-nassiri-1.html Mohammad Nassiri]. sports-reference.com</ref>
<ref name=r1>[http://www.olympic.ir/fa/historymedals/olympicmedals/goldmedalist/mohammadnasiriseresh Mohammad Nassiri]. [[:en:National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran|National Olympic Committee of Iran]]</ref>
<ref name=r2>[http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=353&Itemid=903 Mohammad Nassiri]. takhtejamshidcup.com</ref>
<ref name=hall>[http://www.iwf.net/focus-on-iwf/hall-of-fame/members/ Weightlifting Hall Of Fame]. iwf.net</ref>
<ref name=obit>[http://www.aftabir.com/articles/view/sport/other/c6c1197719327_henrik_temerz_p1.php/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C هنریک تمرز وزنه برداری]. aftabir.com</ref>
}}

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{{Asian Games Champions Weightlifting Flyweight Men}}
{{Asian Games Champions Weightlifting Bantamweight Men}}
{{Olympic medalists for Iran}}

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[[Category:1945 births]]
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