Muhammad Nazir

Muhammad Nazir (born 19 May 1936) is a former amateur wrestler from Pakistan who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Biography At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Nazir competed in the men's freestyle featherweight competition.

Nazir competed for Pakistan at two Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in the flyweight category in 1966 and the silver medal four years later in the same category.

After the 1970 Games he refused to return home to Pakistan believing that the political troubles there would lead to persecution. The Asian community harboured him illegally until he was given amnesty and he went on to represent Great Britain in international competition.

Nazir was a two-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1977 and 1978.