Emmanuel Agassi
Emmanuel Aghassian | |
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ایمانوئل آغاسيان | |
Born | Emanoul Aghassian December 25, 1930 |
Died | September 24, 2021 | (aged 90)
Nationality | Iranian American |
Occupation(s) | Boxer, tennis coach |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Dudley (m. 1959) |
Children | 4, including Andre |
Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi (born Emanoul Aghassian; Persian: ایمانوئل آغاسيان; December 25, 1930 – September 24, 2021) was an Iranian Olympic boxer and the father and coach of American tennis player Andre Agassi. He represented Iran at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Agassi was born in
Agassi was first exposed to tennis by American and British servicemen. He represented Iran as a boxer in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round both times.[5] His trainer was the retired Polish-German boxer Hans Ziglarski.[6]
He followed his brother Samuel to
Agassi described Rita, Phillip, and Tami as "
Mike Agassi's autobiography The Agassi Story was published in 2004.[11] He died on September 24, 2021, at the age of 90, in Las Vegas.[12][13]
1948 Olympic results
Below is the record of Emmanuel Agassi, an Iranian bantamweight boxer, who competed at the 1948 London Olympics:
- Round of 32: Lost to Alvaro Vicente (Spain) on points
See also
References
- ^ "Andre Agassi". PersianMirror. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ISBN 1-55022-656-8. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ "How To Be Good". The Guardian. September 3, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ^ a b Nahigian, Frank (April 14, 2010). "Only in America? An Interview with Mike Agassi". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ^ Emanoul Aghasi Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at Sports-Reference.com
"Iran Olympic Tradition". NBCOlympics.com. NBC Universal. 2008. Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009. - ISBN 978-1-55490-362-7.
- ISBN 1-58765-008-8.
- ISBN 1-55022-656-8. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ISBN 1-55022-656-8. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ "Peter Graf Obituary" (December 4, 2013) The Daily Telegraph; retrieved May 18, 2017
- ISBN 978-1-55022-656-0.
- ^ Katsilometes, John (September 29, 2021). "Mike Agassi, father of Andre Agassi, dies in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "Mike Agassi, Andre's Dad, Dies at Age 90". www.tennisnow.com. Retrieved October 2, 2021.