Mohammad Nasiri Seresht (; born 31 July 1945) is a retired Iranian weightlifter. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. He also won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1966, 1970 and 1974 and at the world championships in 1968-70 and 1973–74, placing second in 1972 and third in 1966, 1971 and 1976. Between 1966 and 1973 he set 15 ratified world records: 10 in clean and jerk, 3 in the press and 2 in the total. In 1995 he was inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.
Nasiri took up weightlifting aged 13. He mostly competed in the 56 kg category, but for the 1973 World Championships in Havana he lowered his body weight to 52 kg, and even shaved his head for that. In Havana he set four world records within one day. He stayed in the 52 kg division for the rest of his career.
World championships YearPlace WeightMedalPressSnatchCl&JerkTotal1965 Tehran, Iran 56 kg — — — 1966 East Berlin, East Germany 56 kg — — — 1968 Mexico City, Mexico 56 kg — — — 1969 Warsaw, Poland 56 kg 1970 Columbus, United States 56 kg 1971 Lima, Peru 56 kg 1972 Munich, West Germany 56 kg 1973 Havana, Cuba 52 kg — 1974 Manila, Philippines 52 kg — 1976 Montreal, Canada 52 kg — 1977 Stuttgart, West Germany 52 kg — Olympic Games 1968, 1972 and 1976 counted as World Championships too. No medals for individual lifts before 1969. Press was removed from Olympic weightlifting after 1972.
Olympics
YearVenueWeight Military Press (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123Rank1234RankOlympic Games1964 Tokyo, Japan 56 kg 97.5102.510548590902212012012018310151968 Mexico City, Mexico 56 kg 112.5117.5117.541001051053142.5150--1367.51972 Munich, Germany 56 kg 120125127.5110010510510142.5152.5152.513701976 Montreal, Canada 52 kg 90100102.54135135142.5141.52235
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