Mohammad Bana

Mohammad Bana
Personal information
Nationality  Iranian
Born (1958-08-06) August 6, 1958
Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Bana
Spouse(s) María Angeles Perez Diaz [1]
Awards Order of Courage (1st class)[2]

Mohammad Bana (Persian: محمد بنا, born 6 August 1958 in Tehran) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling coach and former wrestler.

He was the head coach of Iran national Greco-Roman wrestling team at London Olympics 2012 and is regarded as the most successful coach in Iran's Greco-Roman wrestling history. He is also vice world champion in 1983 in Kiev, As well as the Asian champions at the 1983 tournament in Tehran.

After the particularly poor performance of his team at Rio 2016 Olympics and the surprising elimination of Iranian wrestlers (including Hamid Sourian) one after another, he said he feel "ashamed" toward them and was seen sitting and crying outside the wrestling stadium, the video and photos of which went viral in social media. He was later quoted as saying he cried because he failed to make the people happy, and that the team is like "his child".[3][4] Iranian football coach Ali Parvin said he also burst into tears after watching Bana's cry, and praised him.[5] Asr Iran published a commentary on the photos.[6]

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