Bijan Zarnegar

Athlete

1940 –

40

Who is Bijan Zarnegar?

Bijan Zarnegar is an Iranian practitioner of fencing.

He started fencing when he was 18 years old in Tehran while studying at the Police University in Tehran. He worked as a police officer while he was practicing fencing. He competed in the individual and team foil, épée and sabre events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

He became Asian fencing champion in 1968 in the Men's individual epee. He was captain of the Iranian national fencing team from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1995. As of 2008, he lives in Tehran.

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Born
Mar 25, 1940
Kermanshah
Lived in
  • Kermanshah

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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