Heidar Shonjani
Appearance
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Born | Bandar-e Anzali, Iran | 16 December 1945|||||||||||
Died | 8 November 2020[1] | (aged 74)|||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo, swimming | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Heidar Shonjani or Haydar Shonjani (Persian: حیدر شونجانی, 16 December 1945 – 8 November 2020), was an Iranian swimmer and water polo player.[2][3]
Career
[edit]His first international tournament was the 1964 Summer Olympics, where he became the first Iranian swimmer to participate in the Summer Olympics; he swam 100 m freestyle, but failed to reach the final. Shonjani was a member of Iran national water polo teams that won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games and competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing 12th.[2][4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heidar Shonjani.
- ^ "Legendary swimmer Heydar Shonjani dies". Tehran Times. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b Haydar Shonjani. sports-reference.com
- ^ Takhtejamshidcup First Official Website for Takhtejamshid Cup (Persian). Takhtejamshidcup.com (18 September 2015). Retrieved on 2017-06-28.
- ^ ایران در بازیهای آسیایی. olympic.ir. Retrieved on 28 June 2017.
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2020 deaths
- Sportspeople from Bandar-e Anzali
- Iranian male freestyle swimmers
- Iranian male water polo players
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in water polo
- Water polo players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Water polo players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 1970 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 1974 Asian Games
- Olympic swimmers for Iran
- Olympic water polo players for Iran
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- 20th-century Iranian sportsmen
- Iranian sportspeople stubs
- Asian water polo biography stubs