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Aboutaleb Talebi
Olympic wrestler
Aboutaleb Talebi Gargari (Persian: ابوطالب طالبی گرگری; 10 April 1945 – 21 July 2008) was an Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1966, 1967 and 1969 world championships and 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Aboutaleb Talebi Gargari (Persian: ابوطالب طالبی گرگری; 10 April 1945 – 21 July 2008) was an Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1966, 1967 and 1969 world championships and 1968 Summer Olympics. Talebi lost his father to a sudden disease at the age of 11, and started working at a carpet shop next year to help his family. He married in 1968 and had four children.
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