By Tom Decent September 1, 2021 — 4.16pm https://www.smh.com.au/sport/world-s-second-tallest-man-is-competing-for-iran-at-the-paralympics-20210901-p58nwr.html Tokyo: There are nearly 8 billion people in the world. The second tallest of them all is an Iranian man in Tokyo spending most of his time sitting on a Paralympic volleyball court.…
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World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics
Tagged with: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Islamic Republic of Iran, Morteza Mehrzad, Paralympics, Tokyo 2020
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Sitting Volleyball Changed My Life, Morteza Mehrzad Says
July, 25, 2021 – 19:48 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/25/2543484/sitting-volleyball-changed-my-life-morteza-mehrzad-says TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad says that the sport has changed his life. He distinctly remembers the moment sitting volleyball came into his life. And it is not because…
2018 in Review: Sitting volleyball
15 Dec 2018 IPC Iran and Russia emerge victorious at World Championships Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (L) starred for Iran as they retained their Asian Para Games sitting volleyball title ⒸINAPGOCBy IPC The 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships were the sport’s most important…
Tagged with: China, foundation, Islamic Republic of Iran, Paralympics, Russia, Super 6, world championships
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Unstoppable Iran Sitting Volleyball Continues Worldwide Dominance
December, 16, 2018 – 12:00 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/12/16/1899728/unstoppable-iran-sitting-volleyball-continues-worldwide-dominance TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team continued with its worldwide dominance by winning three gold medals in the international competitions. They won the inaugural men’s Super 6 on home soil in the…
Interview with Iranian Women’s Sitting Volleyball coach Fariba Soleimani
TEHRAN (October 22, 2018) https://boxscorenews.com/interview-with-iranian-womens-sitting-volleyball-coach-fariba-soleimani-p152390-68.htm by Rahim Rahimzadeh Asl,Boxscore: TEHRAN (October 22, 2018) An interview with head coach of Iran Women’s Sitting Volleyball team Mrs Fariba Soleimani. A familiar figure in Iranian volleyball, Soleimani led her squad to a ninth place…
Iran Men and China Women claim Sitting Volleyball Gold at The Asian Para Games
Rahim Ragimzadeh AslBoxscore: TEHRAN, Iran – October 12, 2018 https://boxscorenews.com/iran-men-and-china-women-claim-sitting-volleyball-gold-at-the-asian-para-ga-p152306-68.htm Both Iranian and Chinese Men’s and Women’s Para-Volleyball Teams reached the finals at Asian Para Games with the two nations splitting golds as the Iranian men continued their dominance winning their…
Asian Para Games: Iran Men’s Sitting Volleyball Wins Gold
October, 11, 2018 – 15:57 https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/10/11/1850350/asian-para-games-iran-men-s-sitting-volleyball-wins-gold TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team claimed a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games on Thursday. The Iranian team beat China 25-16, 25-14, 25-15 in the final match at the…
Iran Women’s Sitting Volleyball Runner-up at Asian Para Games
October, 11, 2018 – 15:30 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/10/11/1850344/iran-women-s-sitting-volleyball-runner-up-at-asian-para-games TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s women’s sitting volleyball team finished in second place at the 2018 Asian Para Games on Thursday. Iran lost to powerhouse China 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-16) in the final match.…
Asian Para Games: Iran’s ‘dream team’ inches away from clinching sitting volleyball gold
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Asian Para Games: Iran’s ‘dream team’ inches away from clinching sitting volleyball gold”. Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/10/11/asian-para-games-iran-s-dream-team-inches-away-clinching-sitting-volleyball-gold.htm. Callistasia Anggun Wijaya (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM ● Thu, October 11 2018 Hands up: The…
Iranian sitting volleyball teams win gold, silver medals
October 11, 2018 – 15:5 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/428441/Iranian-sitting-volleyball-teams-win-gold-silver-medals TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams claimed gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 Asian Para Games on Thursday. The men’s team, six-time Paralympic champions, swept past China in straight…
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