Morteza Mehrzad

Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani is a sitting volleyball player, playing as an outside hitter.[2] He is the tallest man in Iran, the tallest paralympian in history and currently the joint second tallest man alive in the world.[3][4]

Morteza Mehrzad
Personal information
Full nameMorteza Mehrzad Selakjani
NationalityIran
Born (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987
Chalus, Mazandaran, Iran
Height2.46 m (8 ft 1 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number2[1]
Career
YearsTeams
2015–Samen Al Hojjaj Sabzevar
National team
2015– Iran sitting volleyball team
Medal record
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Sitting volleyball

He is part of the Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. He has acromegaly,[5] and competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[6] At club level he played for Samen Al Hojjaj Sabzevar in 2015.

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics sitting volleyball final, he was the match top scorer with 28 points for Iran.[7]

See also

References
  1. "مرتضی، از دیدار با علی کریمی تا طلای المپیک" (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. "At 8 Feet Tall, This Paralympian Sat Down and Started Getting Noticed". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. "گزارشی ازمرد غول پیکر والیبال ایران/ورزشکاری که همه را متعجب کرده" (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. "Meet Iran's sitting volleyball ace, the tallest Paralympian in history".
  5. "Paralympics' tallest ever competitor: 'My life has changed playing sitting volleyball'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. "Towering over opponents, Iranian giant Mehrzad begins journey to summit of sitting volleyball". rio2016.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  7. http://www.worldparavolley.org/ir-iran-are-golden-in-rio/


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