Mansour Raeisi

Mansour Raeisi (Persian: منصور رئیسی‎‎; 1928–1980) was an Iranian Olympician Freestyle Wrestler and FILA International Referee. He is considered as one of the most notable Iranian wrestlers of his generation.

He represented Iran at 1948 Summer Olympics –the very first appearance of Iranian wrestlers in an International competition– and had the best performance among Iranian wrestlers in the games, losing semifinal to Turkish silver-medalist Halit Balamir and placing in the 4th place.

He also coached Iran national freestyle wrestling athletes in 1967 World Wrestling Championships.

Deaflympics champion Karim Raeisinia is also his cousin.