| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Iran
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| Men's weightlifting | ||
| World Championships | ||
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1951 Milan | 90 kg |
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1957 Tehran | 90 kg |
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1958 Stockholm | +90 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
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1951 New Delhi | 75 kg |
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1958 Tokyo | +90 kg |
Firouz Pojhan (Persian: فيروز پژهان; October 3, 1926 – 1996) was an Iranian weightlifter who was a member of Iran senior national weightlifting team. He participated at the 1951 and 1958 Asian Games, in which he won the gold medal of both events in his division, and the 1951, 1957 and 1958 World Weightlifting Championships, in which he won the bronze medal of all events in his division. He also competed in the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ Firouz Pojhan profile @ sports-reference.com
- http://www.olympic.ir (in Persian)
- www1.jamejamonline.ir Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
- Weightlifting - Firouz POJHAN
| Asian Games Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Middleweight | |
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| 1951–1990: 75 kg • 1994: 76 kg • 1998–2018: 77 kg • 2022: 81 kg | |
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| Asian Games Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Heavyweight | |
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| 1951–1966: +90 kg • 1970–1990: 110 kg • 1994: 108 kg • 1998–2018: 105 kg • 2022: 109 kg | |
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