Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi

Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi

Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi
Personal information
Born	6 September 1956 (1956-09-06) (age 68) Kermanshah, Iran
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling, varzesh-e bastani
Achievements and titles
National finals	Pahlevan of Iran (2): 1363, 1367
Medal record Representing Iran World Championships Disqualified 1985 Budapest 90 kg 1990 Tokyo 90 kg Asian Games 1982 New Delhi 90 kg 1986 Seoul 90 kg Asian Championships 1979 Jalandhar 90 kg 1981 Lahore 90 kg 1983 Tehran 90 kg 1987 Mumbai 90 kg 1989 Oarai 90 kg

Mohammad Hassan "Homa" Mohebbi (Persian: محمد حسن محبی, born 6 September 1956) is an Iranian light heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Kermanshah. He is often confused with his twin brother Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi, who competed in lighter categories (74 or 82 kg).

He won one silver and one bronze medal at the World Championships, with the silver medal being stripped due to unsportsmanlike behaviour. He was also a two-time Pahlevan of Iran.

Like many of his fellow Iranian wrestlers in the 1980s, his sport career has suffered by political influences of the Iran's sport organizations at that time. Iran boycotted the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and did not participate at the Wrestling World Championships in 1979, 1983, 1986, and 1987.

Sensation at World Championship 1985

At the 1985 World Championship in Budapest, Mohebbi lost against the American William Scherr in the final and won the silver medal, but he was forced by the Iranian team officials to step down from the podium in order not to stand at attention for the US anthem and flag. The FILA executive board stripped him of his medal after ruling Mohebbi's action was disrespectful towards other medalists. His silver medal was given to German Roland Dudziak.