Muhammad Niaz
{{short description|Pakistani wrestler}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's Wrestling}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|1962 Jakarta|Greco-Roman 97 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|1962 Jakarta|Freestyle 97 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|1962 Perth|Freestyle +97 kg}}
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Muhammad Niaz is a retired heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Pakistan.
Career
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Niaz won the gold medal alongside another Pakistani wrestler with the same name Muhammad Niaz-Din. He also participated at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia in both freestyle and Greco-Roman styles. He won the Greco-Roman competition but finished third in freestyle.{{cite web|url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/4th_Asian_Games.htm|title=IV Asian Games|publisher=Pakistan Sports Board|accessdate=31 March 2019}}
References
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- [https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=D383A3A7C40F4DFBA02042F20681D103 UWW Profile]
{{Asian Games Champions Wrestling Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Men}}
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Category:Pakistani male sport wrestlers
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Pakistan
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling
Category:Wrestlers at the 1962 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
Category:Asian Games wrestlers for Pakistan
Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
Category:Wrestlers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Possibly living people
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists in wrestling
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in wrestling
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