Faiz Muhammad
{{Short description|Pakistani wrestler (1937–2014)}}
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| nationality = Pakistani
| sport = Wrestling
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|9|23|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{birth date|2014|10|29|df=yes}}
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{{MedalCompetition |Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 1962 Jakarta |Greco-Roman 87 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition |Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1962 Perth|Middleweight}}
{{MedalGold | 1966 Kingston|Middleweight}}
{{MedalGold | 1970 Edinburgh|Light Heavyweight}}
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Faiz Muhammad (23 September 1937 – 29 October 2014){{Olympedia|59555}} was a Pakistani freestyle wrestler. He was from 5 Azad Kashmir Regiment (HAIDER DIL BN).[https://www.olympic.org/muhammad-faiz Profile of freestyle wrestler Faiz Muhammad on Olympic.org website], Retrieved 1 May 2017 During his time, he won many national and army championships in Pakistan and was also a three-time Commonwealth Games Champion (1962, 1966, 1970).
Muhammad Faiz had the following finishes at major championships – 1962 Commonwealth Games: 87.0 kg. Freestyle (1st); 1966 Commonwealth Games: 87.0 kg. Freestyle (1st); 1970 Commonwealth Games: 90.0 kg. Freestyle (1st); 1962 Asian Games: 87.0 kg. Greco-Roman (3rd); 1970 Asian Games: 90.0 kg. Freestyle (5th).
Early life and career
Muhammad was born in 1937 in the Kandi (Rajauri district area of Jammu and Kashmir) and migrated to Azad Kashmir after the partition of British India in 1947. His family settled in Khanpur village, present day Kotli District of Azad Kashmir.
In June 1953, he was enlisted at training center number 3 of Azad Kashmir Regular Forces at Sohawa town (a village at that time). He had his first success in wrestling by winning the Pakistan Army Training Centres Wrestling Championship, an army-level competition. In the same year, he won the National and Army Wrestling Championships. He won the Army Championship every year from 1954 to 1984 and won several gold medals. At Pakistani national level, he is the only one who has this-record of Army Championships. From 1953 to 1986, he won the National Wrestling Championship for 33 years.
References
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Category:Olympic wrestlers for Pakistan
Category:Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Pakistani male sport wrestlers
Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Category:Wrestlers at the 1962 Asian Games
Category:Wrestlers at the 1966 Asian Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Pakistan
Category:Wrestlers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Wrestlers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Wrestlers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
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