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Iran men's national sitting volleyball team

The Iran men's national sitting volleyball team represents Islamic Republic of Iran in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the dominant forces in on the court worldwide. In foreign media, team Iran is colloquially known as dream team of sitting volleyball.[1]

Iran team dedicated sitting volleyball 2016 Rio Paralympic gold to memory of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died during Paralympic C4/C5 competition.[2][3]

Players

A 8ft 1in Morteza Mehrzad leading Iran to a friendly win over Germany, 2016 Tehran

Players called up for 2012 Summer Paralympics:

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Head coach: Hadi Rezaei

Honours

Morteza Mehrzad, tallest ever Paralympian, helped Iran win Gold at Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Sitting volleyball at the 2018 Asian Para Games, 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Champion ship and Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Seniors Competitive record

[5]

Paralympic Games

World Championships

World Cups

Asia and Oceania Championships

Asian Para Games

  1. Guangzhou 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  2. Incheon 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  3. Jakarta 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  4. Hangzhou 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal

Minor Tournaments

Sarajevo Open Championship:

Juniors Competitive record

[8][9][10]

Junior World Championships

World Ranking

As at 28 September 2016 by World ParaVolley.[13]

At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed No. 3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as the defending Paralympic champion.

Multiple gold medalists at Paralympics

This is a list of multiple gold medalists for Iran in sitting volleyball, listing people who have won three or more gold medals.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Iran team dedicate sitting volleyball gold to Bahman Golbarnezhad". TheGuardian.com. 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Iran sitting volleyball team wins Paralympics gold medal". Tehrantimes.com. 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Iran, london2012.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Eight-foot-tall athlete on how his life has changed since the Paralympics". Independent.co.uk. 15 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Poland world championship results". IPC.
  7. ^ "Iran win Men's Sitting Volleyball World Championships with straight sets victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina". Inside the Games. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Savez sjedeće odbojke BiH | O nama". Ssobih.org.
  9. ^ "Ejp2008". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2016-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ a b "BH Telecom Portal: Juniori BiH u polufinalu SP-a". Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  12. ^ "Photos: Iran's sitting volleyball team wins World Championship". Payvand.com.
  13. ^ "World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball". Worldparavolley.org. Retrieved 28 September 2016.