Bijan Zarnegar

Career

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 was captain of the Iranian national fencing team from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1995.

As of 2015, he lives in Tehran.

Achievements

• He became Asian fencing champion in 1968 in the Men"s individual epee. He was the coach of women fencing team who won a gold medal in the Asian games in 1974. This is particularly important as it is the only gold medal that Iranian women athletes have ever won in international competition.