Bijan Zarnegar
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Bijan Zarnegar (Persian: بیژن زرنگار, 25 March 1940 in Kermanshah, Iran – 21 April 2017 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian practitioner of fencing.[1]
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Born | (1940-03-25)March 25, 1940 Kermanshah, Iran |
Died | April 21, 2017(2017-04-21) (aged 77) Tehran, Iran |
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Sport | Fencing |
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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.[2]
He died in 2017 in Tehran.[citation needed]