Faiz Muhammad

Olympic Bronze medalist and unbeatable National and Army Champion of Pakistan, Legendary H/Captain Faiz Muhammad was born in 1937 in Kandi (Rajauri-IHK) and migrated to Azad Kashmir after partition in 1947. His family settled at Khanpur village of present day, Kotli, Azad Kashmir. In June 1953, he got enlisted at training center number 3 of Azad Kashmir Regular Forces at Sohawa and took his first flight of three decades long glory with his home learnt sports of Wrestling in an army level competition viz Pakistan Army Training Centres Wrestling Championship and secured first position. Same year, he once again impressed professional fraternity of the game by scaling the first spot in National and Army Wrestling Championships. Recognition and acknowledgement at national level inspired young [null Faiz] Muhammad to train even more harder and clinch more laurels for self and his unit. He consecutively lifted the winner trophy of Army Championship from 1954 to 1984, for an unbeatable record of 30 Years and got decorated with Gold Medals . Like many other legendary names, perhaps, the following Persian verse of ‘Saadi’ was written for Faiz Muhammad too: -

At National level, he is the only one who parallels the winning record of Army Championship. From 1953 to 1986, he enjoyed the longest winning streak of the prestigious National Wrestling Championship for 33 years and exited the Arena of National Wrestling Championships as Winner whenever he entered it.

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