Bijan Zarnegar

Iranian fencer

Bijan Zarnegar
Personal information
Born	(1940-03-25)March 25, 1940 Kermanshah, Iran
Died	April 21, 2017(2017-04-21) (aged 77) Tehran, Iran
Sport
Sport	Fencing

Bijan Zarnegar (Persian: بیژن زرنگار, 25 March 1940 in Kermanshah, Iran – 21 April 2017 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian practitioner of fencing.^[1]

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]}

References

^ "Iran fencing veteran Bijan Zarnegar dies". Tehran Times. 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
^ "Bijan Zarnegar Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-12-18.