Mahmoud Namjoo

Mahmoud Namjoo (Persian: محمود نامجو, September 22, 1918 – January 21, 1989) was an Iranian bantamweight weightlifter.

[4] Namjoo was born in Rasht in 1918 and in 1937 moved to Tehran, where he worked at a carpentry workshop.

Besides weightlifting he also competed in bodybuilding, and won the Mr. Universe title in his weight division in 1948, placing fifth in 1955.

[5] In 1956 he spent two months working as a weightlifting coach in Turkey.

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