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Originally Posted by Michael B
Mahmoud Namdjou (correct spelling)(gewichtheben - weightlifting) from Iran was a great weightlifter. In the Olympics he won a silver in 1952 and bronze in 1956. World Champ in bantamweight 1949, 1950, 1951. He also set three world records.
I will see your Kosmo card and raise you.
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Clyde Lovellette and Bob Kurland in Helsinki for the 1952 Olympics. The athlete between them is Luis Omedes of Spain. Youngest competitor at those games at 12½. He was the cox for the rowing 4's w/cox. He would compete in Luge at the 1968 Olympics. His father rowed in the 1924 Games and his brother rowed single scull in 1948 and 1952.
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Hell, they were all kids, to me now. Clyde was 23, Kurland 27.