Najmeddin Farabi
Iranian athlete
Najmeddin Farabi (Persian: نجمالدین فارابی; 5 December 1933 – 9 June 2019) was an Iranian athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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