A Rare Account of Champion Gholamreza Takhti's Life, in His Own Words

In Mehr 1338, the magazine 'Ettela'at Haftegi' published a rare piece by 29-year-old Gholamreza Takhti: a brief autobiography in which the champion candidly recounts his years in Khani-Abad, his work at the oil company, and a humorous yet meaningful wish.

In Mehr 1338, the magazine "Intanat Heftagi" published a rare note by 29-year-old Gholamreza Takhti; A short autobiography in which Jahan Pahlavan openly tells about his years in Khani Abad, working in the oil company and his humorous but meaningful dream.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, in October 1338, in the 18th year of the publication of the "Weekly Information" magazine, Jahan Pahlavan Gholamreza Takhti took to pen at the age of 29 and wrote his short biography for the first time; The days when his name was just registered in the list of world wrestling greats, but the same peace and genuine humility of the following years flowed in his heart.

In this note, Takhti writes with rare frankness that, contrary to public opinion, he was never a born athlete and started wrestling relatively late in 1330 at Polad Club. He remembers the quiet days of his childhood in Khani Abad neighborhood of Tehran, a father with a refrigerator who was his life guide and a praying mother. His memories go back to his stay in Suleiman Mosque and working in the oil company (1329) and then to his first deployment to Finland; The journey of a young man who had never left Iran before and suddenly stood on the second platform of the world.

Remembering the matches in Melbourne, Japan, Warsaw and Türkiye, Jahan Pahlavan praises the discipline of the Finnish people and the great love of the Turks for wrestling. He considers the best fight of his sports career to be against the Swedish "Palm" in Finland, who defeated the experienced champion with skill and points.

The sweet and human part of this autobiography is where Takhti talks about his dreams: from the wish for every Iranian to have a one-meter sports field to his strange and humorous request, which he writes with a smile: "If you don't put your head on my head, it will be ten days of government!" This writing gives a direct and far from exaggeration image of a warrior whose heart beat forever for the people.

Read the full text of Takhti's autobiography here.

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