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Iran At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Competitors Medalists , width="77%" align="right" valign="top" , , width="23%" align="left" valign="top" , The death of Para-cyclist Iranian Para-cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad died following an accident during men's C4/C5 road race at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. He was involved in a serious crash on Saturday (17 September) and sustained severe injuries to his neck. The 48-year-old rider received emergency treatment at the scene before being transported to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Following Golbarnezhad's passing, the Iranian flag has been lowered to half-mast in the Paralympic Village. The Paralympic flag will also be flown at half-mast in the Paralympic Village and at the Riocentro venue, where Iran played Bosnia and Herzegovina in the sitting volleyball gold medal match on Sunday (18 September). Disability classifications Every particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 September to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women. In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina are the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2012. The Rio Games will be the fourth time the women's sitting volleyball event will be contested. China are the defending champions, defeating the United States for gold in 2012. Ukraine won bronze in 2012, their first ever medal in the event. This was the fourth Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000. Classification In sitting volleyball there are two categories of classification: dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majid Lashkarisanami
Majid or majeed may refer to: * , ''majīd'' 'majestic', and , ''mājid'' 'magnificent', two names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ... Arts and entertainment * ''Majid'' (film), a 2010 Moroccan film * Majid (rapper) (born 1975), a Danish rapper of Moroccan-Berber origin * Majid Jordan, a Canadian R&B duo * Majid (comics), a pan-Arab comic book anthology and children's magazine Other uses * Majid (name), or variant spellings, including a list of people with the given name or family name * Majid, Iran (other), a number of places in Iran * Majeed syndrome, an inherited skin disorder See also * * * * * Majd (other) * Majidae, a family of crabs {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morteza Mehrzad
Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (born 17 September 1987) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays in the national sitting volleyball team of and Mes Shahr Babak. With a height of 247 cm, he is known as the tallest living man in Iran and the second tallest living man in the world. He was able to win two gold medals and the Golden Ball for the best player in the world in 2022 at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He is part of the Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. He has acromegaly, and has won the Gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championship and 2020 Summer Paralympics In Tokyo and 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championship in Sarajevo with Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. At club level he played for Samen Al Hojjaj Sabzevar in 2015. Biography Mehrzad was born with a rare medical condition called acromegaly which is triggered by excessive growth hormone produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehrzad Mehravan
Mehrzad ( fa, مهرزاد) is a Persian male and female given name popular in Iran. Mehr (مهر) means "sun" and Zād (زاد) means "born of". So the literal meaning of Mehrzād (مهرزاد) is born of sun. Mehrzad is the forename of: * Mehrzad Marashi (born 1980), Iranian-German singer * Mehrzad Madanchi Mehrzad Madanchi Ardekani ( fa, مهرزاد معدنچى; born 12 October 1983) is an Iranian former football midfielder who last played for Fajr Sepasi. Club career The attacker started his playing career in Homa Shiraz club which plays in t ... (born 1985), Iranian football midfielder {{surname Given names de:Mehrzad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 10 Metre Air Pistol SH1
The Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on 9 September at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio. The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the "standing" (interpreted to include seated in wheelchairs) position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 50 shots were used to determine the final ranking. Qualification round Q – Qualified for final Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Para Para, or PARA, may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Paramount Global, traded as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sareh Javanmardi
Sareh Javanmardi ( fa, , born 5 December 1984) is an Iranian Paralympic shooter from Shiraz, Iran. Also known as Sareh Javanmardidodmani or Sareh Javanmardi Dodmani, she is the first ever female gold medalist from Iran to win in the shooting category of the Paralympics Games. Career In 2012 Paralympic Games held in London, she won a bronze medal in P2 (10m air pistol SH1). Later in 2014, she was chosen as the best Asian female athlete with impairments by the Asian Paralympic Committee. It was due to the two gold medals she won at the 2014 Asian Para Games held in Incheon, South Korea. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics on 9 September, she scored 193.4 points to win the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro in the P2 10m air pistol competition. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency she won her first medal on Friday. In 2014, she will take part at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup which takes place in Szczecin, Poland. There, she will compete against Olivera Nakovska-Bikova O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerlifting At The 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's +107 Kg
The men's +107 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 14 September at Riocentro.. Records There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's +107 kg Men's +107 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siamand Rahman
Siamand Rahman ( fa, سیامند رحمان; 21 March 1988 – 1 March 2020) was an Iranian Paralympic powerlifter. He won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio and the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou. He is the current IPC Powerlifting World Record holder in the +107 kg category with a bench press and also holds the junior world record with and the Paralympic Championship Record with . Siamand died on 1 March 2020 due to cardiac arrest. Powerlifting career Despite Rahman suffering disability affecting both legs due to polio, he has been described as "the world's strongest Paralympian". Rahman began his career in Oshnavieh, Iran, supported by his family and coach Ali Asghar in 2008. He appeared on world stage for the first time at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in men's +100 kg category and bench pressed to win the silver medal, losing only to teammate Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerlifting At The 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 80 Kg
The men's 80 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 12 September at Riocentro Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Rio .... Records There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's 80 kg Men's 080 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majid Farzin
Majid Farzin is an Iranian powerlifter and has a Guinness World Record in Powerlifting in 2017. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ... he won gold medal at the -82.5 kg category, with 237 kg.http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/powerlifting/event/men-82.5kg/index.html See also * Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 75 kg References Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Paralympic powerlifters for Iran Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics People from Ardabil Province Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Iran Iranian powerlifters Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in powerlift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Khalvandi
Mohammad Khalvandi (born 11 January 1990) is an Iranian athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F58 category. At the 2012 Paralympics, Khalvandi set a World Record for the F58 class with a throw of 50.98m as he won gold in the combined F57/58 category. Khalvandi also won the combined F57/58 javelin 2013 World title. References World record holders in Paralympic athletics 1990 births Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes of Iran Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Iranian male javelin throwers 21st-century Iranian people {{Iran-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
