Hamid Reza Mobarrez ( fa, حمیدرضا مبرز; born February 18, 1981 in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

) is an Iranian

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. Mobarrez competed in 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre Freestyle and finished 65th. He also represented Iran at the 2004 Rome Championships and 2007 Telstra Grand Prix 2,

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In 2007, he held Iran's national record for 100 metres Butterfly with a time of 55:84 seconds. Mobarrez subsequently migrated to Australia, where he became the swimming coach at

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. On 11 January 2018, Mobarrez and his family were involved in a head-on car collision at

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. His wife was killed and his five-year-old son was critically injured. The driver of the other vehicle was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, two counts of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning death and negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mobarrez, Hamid Reza Living people Iranian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Iran Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1981 births Sportspeople from Mashhad Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iran