Career
He is among the most successful Iranian athletes with 4 gold medals at the 1966, 1970 and 1974 Asian Games. Filabi also represented Iran in three Olympics, 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich (Germany), and 1976 Montreal (Canada). He was the flag carrier for the Iranian Olympic delegation, carrying the flag with only one hand.
He left Iran after Islamic Revolution and joined the parliament-in-exile, National Council of Resistance of Iran.
He has a special arm band as an Iranian National Hero. He also has a total of 17 gold, silver, and bronze medals which he received from International Games.
He has 4 gold medals from wrestling in 2 Asian Games. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Teachers Training College in Iran (Donesh-sarayeh Aleh) Master of Arts from George Washington University.
After his wrestling career, he was a Dean of Physical Education at the University of Ferdowsi.
