Mahvash Shafaei
 Shafaei in 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 May 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Manouchehr Shafaei[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mahvash Shafaei (Persian: مهوش شفائی; born 15 May 1956) is a retired Iranian foil fencer. In 1973 she became the first Iranian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Fencing Championships.[2] Next year she won two medals at the 1974 Asian Games.[1] She placed 45th and 9th in the individual and team events at the 1976 Summer Olympics, respectively.[3]
Shafaei was born in a fencing family. Her elder brother Manouchehr competed internationally and coached Mahvash.[1]
See also
References
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- 1 2 3 4 Mahvash Shafaei. takhtejamshidcup.com
- ↑ "Mahvash Shafaie". freeholdfencingacademy.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ "Mahvash Shafaei Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
- Mahvash Shafaei at Olympedia
- Mahvash Shafaei at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Iranian female foil fencers
- Olympic fencers for Iran
- Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Asian Games gold medalists in fencing
- Asian Games silver medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- 20th-century Iranian sportswomen
- Sportspeople from Tehran
- Iranian martial artists
- Asian fencing biography stubs
- Iranian martial arts biography stubs