Bijan Zarnegar

{{Short description|Iranian fencer (1940–2017)}}

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| birth_place = Kermanshah, Iran

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| death_place = Tehran, Iran

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Bijan Zarnegar ({{langx|fa| بیژن زرنگار }}, 25 March 1940 in Kermanshah, Iran – 21 April 2017 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian practitioner of fencing.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/412818/Iran-fencing-veteran-Bijan-Zarnegar-dies |title=Iran fencing veteran Bijan Zarnegar dies |date=2017-04-22 |website=Tehran Times |access-date=2017-11-21}}

He started fencing when he was 18 years old in Tehran while studying at the Police University in Tehran. He worked as a police officer while he was practicing fencing. He competed in the individual and team foil, épée and sabre events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/bizhan-zarnegar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/bizhan-zarnegar-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Bijan Zarnegar Olympic Results |accessdate=2010-12-18 |work=sports-reference.com}}

He died in 2017 in Tehran.{{cn|date=June 2018}}