Amin Abraham Tiny Paul Nikfar ( fa, امین آبراهام پل نیک‌فر, born 2 January 1981 in San Jose, United States) is an

Iranian-American Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter. He graduated from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

in 2004 where he was a member of the

Pi Lambda Phi Pi Lambda Phi (), commonly known as Pi Lam, is a social fraternity with 145 chapters (44 active chapters/colonies). The fraternity was founded in 1895 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Pi Lambda Phi is headlined by prestigious chapte ...

fraternity. Amin finished 1st (Gold) in the 2004 Asian Indoor Championships. He finished tenth at the 2005 Asian Championships. He also competed at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

without reaching the final. His personal best throw is 20.05 metres, achieved in July 2011 in

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. This is the current

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ian national record. Amin is the son of Mohammad Nikfar and Diane Nikfar. Amin received The Big Pi Award in 2012 from

fraternity. It is awarded to alumni Brothers who are held in high esteem by virtue of outstanding accomplishment which brings honor to the Brother and Pi Lambda Phi. It is the "lifetime achievement award" for Pilam and the Big Pi Chapter has become a "who's who" of well-regarded and famous Pilam alumni. He competed at the London Olympics, but again failed to reach the final.

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* 1981 births Living people American people of Iranian descent Iranian male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Iran Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople of Iranian descent Asian Games competitors for Iran Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Track and field athletes from San Jose, California Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Iran West Asian Athletics Championships winners {{iran-athletics-bio-stub