Muhammad Bashir

Muhammad Bashir
Personal information
Born(1935-03-10)10 March 1935
Lahore, Punjab Province, British India (now in Pakistan)
Died24 June 2001(2001-06-24) (aged 66)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1
Commonwealth Games 3
Asian Games 1 2 1
Total 4 2 2
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Welterweight
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff Welterweight
1962 Perth Welterweight
1966 Kingston Welterweight
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok Welterweight
1962 Jakarta Welterweight (freestyle)
1962 Jakarta Welterweight (Greco-Roman style)
1958 Tokoyo Welterweight

Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر) (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore) was a wrestler from Pakistan. His bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class (73 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was Pakistan's first individual Olympic Games medal. Bashir is the only Pakistani wrestler to become an Olympic medalist.