 Farman Basha in Rio for the 2016 Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 February 1974 Bangalore, Karnataka | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic powerlifting | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vijay B Munishwar (national coach) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Farman Basha (born 25 March 1974) is an Indian powerlifter. Basha represented India at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom. He won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China. However, this was later upgraded to a silver medal after Iranian Mustafa Radhi was disqualified due to doping.[1]
- ^ "Farman Basha gets silver". The Hindu. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2012.