Farzad Tarash

{{short description|Australian wrestler}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Farzad Tarash ({{langx|fa|فرزاد تاراش}}; born 1 October 1986) is a freestyle wrestler from Australia.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/news-london-2012/salad-days-8230-and-kebabs-with-the-lot-20120727-23004.html |title=Salad days … and kebabs with the lot|date=28 July 2012|first=Chris |last=Barrett|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

An engineer from Melbourne, he was Australia's only competitor in the wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/london-olympics/melbourne-engineer-farzad-tarash-australias-sole-wrestler-at-london-games/story-fn9dhvy9-1226385204728 |title=Melbourne engineer Farzad Tarash Australia's sole wrestler at London Games|date=5 June 2012}} He competed in the 60 kg division after winning a silver medal at the African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Morocco in March 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-05/tarash-australias-only-wrestler-in-london/4054086 |title=Tarash Australia's only wrestler in London|date= 5 June 2012}}

He was the Australian champion each year from 2005 to 2012.{{cite web|url=http://olympics.com.au/games/london-2012/athlete/rachel-bugg|title=Aussie Olympians go surfing at Winter Olympic Games|website=olympics.com.au|access-date=14 February 2019|archive-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310041048/http://olympics.com.au/games/london-2012/athlete/rachel-bugg|url-status=dead}}