Jalil Bagheri Jeddi is a paralympic

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from Iran competing mainly in category F55 shot and discus events. Jalil competed in the shot put and discus at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

winning a silver in the later event. In

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he competed in the shot put but could only manage twelfth place. profile on paralympic.org
/ref> However, Jalil succeeded in obtaining the first gold medal for Iran in the 2012 Paralympic Games held in London.

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Paralympic athletes for Iran Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Iran Living people Sportspeople from Ardabil Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Iranian male discus throwers Iranian male shot putters 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people Wheelchair discus throwers Wheelchair shot putters Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games {{Iran-Paralympic-medalist-stub