Muhammad Bashir

Bashir was a three-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games. He also won four medals in the Asian Games, including a gold at 1966 Bangkok, two silver medals at 1962 Jakarta, one in freestyle and the other in Greco-Roman style, in addition to a bronze medal in 1958 Tokyo. His Commonwealth Games gold medals were earned at the 1958 Cardiff, 1962 Perth and 1966 Kingston Games. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mohammad Bashir competed in the lightweight class (70 kg) but only went up to the third round. ==Awards and recognition==

Mohammad Bashir received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz medal in 1962 and the Pride of Performance Award in 1968 from the Government of Pakistan. ==Olympic results==

1960 Rome Summer Olympics '''Men's welterweight (73 kg)''' :* 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall :* 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts :* 3rd round; Lost to Emam-Ali Habibi (IRN) on pts :* 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall :* 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts :* Final round bout 1; Lost to İsmail Ogan (TUR) on pts :* Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics '''Men's lightweight (70 kg)''' :* 1st round; Beat Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) :* 2nd round; Lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR) :* 3rd round; Lost to Mahmut Atalay (TUR) by fall ==See also==