Teymour Ghiasi
Iranian high jumper (born 1946)
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Born | 12 April 1946 (1946-04-12) (age 78) Dargaz, Iran[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 2.21 m (1974)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teymour Ghiasi (Persian: تیمور غیاثی, born 12 April 1946) is a retired Iranian high jumper. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and placed 22nd–25th.[1] Ghiasi won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1970 and 1974 and a bronze in 1966. At the 1974 Asian Games he set a new Asian record at 2.21 meters.[3]
In 1967 Ghiasi married a fellow high jumper Nusrat. They have a son Alireza (born 1970) and a daughter Pantea.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Teymour Ghiassi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b Teymour Ghiasi. takhtejamshidcup.com
- ^ "High Jump National Record Is Broken After 23 Years". sportestan.com.
External links
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- Teymour Ghiasi at World Athletics
- Biography (in Persian)
- Teymour Ghiasi at Olympedia
- Teymour Ghiasi at Olympics.com
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Asian Games champions in men's high jump
- 1951: Andres Franco (PHI)
- 1954: Ajit Singh Balla (IND)
- 1958: Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam (CEY)
- 1962: Kuniyoshi Sugioka (JPN)
- 1966: Bhim Singh (IND)
- 1970–1974: Teymour Ghiasi (IRI)
- 1978: Takao Sakamoto (JPN)
- 1982–1986: Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
- 1990: Zhou Zhongge (CHN)
- 1994: Takahisa Yoshida (JPN)
- 1998–2002: Lee Jin-taek (KOR)
- 2006: Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB)
- 2010–2014: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
- 2018: Wang Yu (CHN)
- 2022: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
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