What is Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi?
{{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image = Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi 1975.jpg | image_size = 230px |caption=Attar-Ashrafi in 1975 |birth_date= {{birth date|1948|12|23|df=y}} |birth_place= | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|01|09|1948|12|23|df=y}} | death_place = | height = 168 cm | weight = |sport=Weightlifting |event= |club= |coach= |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IRI}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games|-75 kg]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Weightlifting Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|1979 Tokyo|-75 kg}} }}'''Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi''' (Persian: مهدی عطار اشرفی&lrm;; 23 December 1948 – 9 January 2021) was an [[Iran]]ian middleweight weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the [[1974 Asian Games]] and a silver at the [[1979 Asian Championships]] and competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]. Attar-Ashrafi was born in [[Tehran]]. He died on 9 January 2021 in Tehran, aged 72.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/mehdi-attar-ashrafi-1.html Mehdi Attar Ashrafi]. sports-reference.com</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Attar-Ashrafi, Mehdi }} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Olympians for Iran]] [[Category:Iranian weightlifters]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Tehran]] {{sports-bio-stub}}