Majid Torkan
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Iran
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| Men’s freestyle wrestling | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1990 Tokyo | 52 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1985 Budapest | 48 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1989 Martigny | 52 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| | 1986 Seoul | 48 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
| | 1983 Tehran | 48 kg |
| | 1989 Oarai | 52 kg |
| | 1991 New Delhi | 52 kg |
| | 1992 Tehran | 52 kg |
Majid Torkan (born 1965 in Sari, mazandaran) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler in Flyweight class, who won the gold medal by World Championship 1990. Like his fellow Iranian wrestlers in 1980's his sport career was affected by not participation of Iran at the Olympic Games 1984 and World Championships 1986 Budapest and 1987 Clermont-Ferrand.
Trivia
In 1986, after winning the gold medal at the Asian Games, he was criticized by Iranian media after a TV interview when he said that in Iran he does not have a serious opponent in his weight class. Later he apologized and said that Oveis Mallah is a respected opponent in Iran.
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