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Mohammad Sadeghimehryar is a paralympic
athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
from Iran competing mainly in category F556 discus and shot put events. Mohammad has competed in five Paralympics. His first was in
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
where he competed in the class 4 pentathlon, in
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he competed in the PW 3-4 pentathlon and the THW6 shot put and discus. His breakthrough came in
1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...
where he won silver in both the F55 discus and shot put. In
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he couldn't manage a medal in the shot put but improved to gold in the F56 discus which he successfully defended as his only event in
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 ...
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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Paralympic athletes for Iran Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Paralympic silver medalists for Iran Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Iranian male discus throwers Iranian male shot putters Wheelchair discus throwers Wheelchair shot putters Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters 21st-century Iranian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-Paralympic-medalist-stub