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  • World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics

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    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. Meet Morteza Mehrzad, whose sitting volleyball team will play in their semi-final against Bosnia Herzegovina…

  • Sitting Volleyball Changed My Life, Morteza Mehrzad Says

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    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 it brought him worldwide success or even fame. It is for reasons far more important.…

  • 2018 in Review: Sitting volleyball

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    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 competition of the year, but they were not the only highlight. Unstoppable Iran Led by…

  • Unstoppable Iran Sitting Volleyball Continues Worldwide Dominance

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    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 city of Tabriz in April after beating Russia in straight sets, Paralympic.org wrote. Led by…

  • Interview with Iranian Women’s Sitting Volleyball coach Fariba Soleimani

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    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 finish at World Championship in The Netherlands and recently guided Iranian National Sitting Women’s Volleyball…

  • Iran Men and China Women claim Sitting Volleyball Gold at The Asian Para Games

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    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 third straight Asian title while China captured the women’s gold.  Men’s Final Star, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani…

  • Asian Para Games: Iran Men’s Sitting Volleyball Wins Gold

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    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 GBK Tennis Indoor. Iran had already won the titles in the Asian Para Games previous…

  • Iran Women’s Sitting Volleyball Runner-up at Asian Para Games

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    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. The Japan women’s sitting won the bronze medal after outclassing Indonesia 3-1 at the Tennis…

  • Asian Para Games: Iran’s ‘dream team’ inches away from clinching sitting volleyball gold

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    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 Iran and Iraq men’s teams faced each other in sitting volleyball semifinal match at the…

  • Iranian sitting volleyball teams win gold, silver medals

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    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 sets 25-16, 25-14, 25-15 in the final match at the GBK Tennis Indoor. Kazakhstan claimed…