Mohammad Nassiri

Mohammad Nasiri Seresht (Persian: محمد نصیری سرشت‎‎, born 31 July 1945 in Tehran) is a retired Iranian weightlifter and an Olympic Gold Medalist for Iran.

In 1995 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.

• Olympic Champion (1968).
• Silver Medalist in Olympic Games (1972).
• Bronze Medalist in Olympic Games (1976).
• Senior World Champion (1968–1970, 1973, and 1974).
• Silver Medalist in Senior World Championships (1972).
• Bronze Medalist in World Championships (1966, 1971, and 1976).
• 4 Gold and 1 Silver in Asian Games (1966, 1970, 1974).
• Set eighteen world records during career.

Year	Place	Weight	Medal
			Press	Snatch	Cl&Jerk	Total
1966	East Berlin, East Germany	56 kg	—	—	—	03 !
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	56 kg	—	—	—	01 !
1969	Warsaw, Poland	56 kg	02 !		01 !	01 !
1970	Columbus, United States	56 kg	03 !		01 !	01 !
1971	Lima, Peru	56 kg	01 !		02 !	03 !
1972	Munich, West Germany	56 kg	02 !		02 !	02 !
1973	Havana, Cuba	52 kg	—		01 !	01 !
1974	Manila, Philippines	52 kg	—	03 !	01 !	01 !
1976	Montreal, Canada	52 kg	—		02 !	03 !
1977	Stuttgart, West Germany	52 kg	—		02 !

Total: 10 01 !, 7 02 !, 5 03 !

• 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.