Joseph Haydar (18 November 1938 â 8 October 2024) was an Australian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Haydar was born in Lebanon on 18 November 1938. After his weightlifting career he settled in Bunbury, Western Australia, where he established a pizzeria, Joe's Pizza. In 1979 he opened one of Bunbury's first high-rise buildings, Haydar House.
Haydar died on 8 October 2024, at the age of 85.