Safi Taha
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| Nationality | Lebanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1923 Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 February 2009 (aged 85) Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
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Safi J. Taha (Arabic: صافي طه; 23 December 1923 – 22 February 2009) was a Lebanese wrestler. As a wrestler, he would be one of the first Lebanese Olympians after he had competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He would reach the fourth round of the men's Greco-Roman featherweight division but would be eliminated after being defeated. After the 1948 Summer Games, he would compete at the 1950 World Wrestling Championships and win silver.
Taha would also compete at the 1952 Summer Olympics but would eventually withdraw in the third round of his event despite leading over the course of it. Later on, he would be awarded the Order of Merit due to his service in sport. After that, he would move to the United States in 1954 and became a national champion. Later on, he would become a coach in both Lebanon and the United States, eventually coaching the Lebanese wrestling team for the 1961 Pan Arab Games.