Leon Khachatourian
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| Born | 13 November 1937 Iran | |||||||||||
| Died | 15 December 2025 (aged 88) Glendale, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
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Leon Khachatourian (Armenian: Լեէոն Խաչատրեան; 13 November 1937 – 15 December 2025) was an Armenian boxer who became a member of Iran senior national Boxing team in 1957, and was also a member of Tehran Taj Club. He participated as a member of the Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games, in the Middleweight division.[1] In Tokyo 1958, Khachatourian lost on points to Hari Singh Thapa from India, in the semifinal, and won the bronze medal of the 75 kg boxing division.[2][3] He retired from championship boxing and the Iranian national boxing team, after returning from the 1958 Asian Games.
Khachatourian died on 15 December 2025, at the age of 88.[4]
References
- ↑ "مشت زنی ایران در بازیهای آسیایی". vista.ir.
- ↑ "India in Asian Games". sportsbharti.com.
- ↑ "AsianGames1958". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ↑ "Leon Khachatourian Obituary December 15, 2025". Forest Lawn. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
Categories:
- Iranian people of Armenian descent
- Asian Games bronze medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1958 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran
- Asian Games boxers for Iran
- Iranian male boxers
- Armenian male boxers
- Iranian martial artists
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Middleweight boxers
- 1937 births
- 2025 deaths
- Asian boxing biography stubs
- Iranian martial arts biography stubs