Siamand Rahman
Siamand Rahman (Persian: سیامند رحمان; 21 March 1988 – 1 March 2020)[2] was an Iranian Paralympic powerlifter.
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Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oshnavieh, Iran | 21 March 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 March 2020 Oshnavieh, Iran | (aged 31)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 169 kg (373 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic powerlifting, Bench Press | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio and the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou.
He is the current IPC Powerlifting World Record holder in the +107 kg category with a 310.0 kilograms (683.4 lb) bench press and also holds the junior world record with 290.0 kilograms (639.3 lb) and the Paralympic Championship Record with 310.0 kilograms (683.4 lb).
Siamand died on 1 March 2020 of cardiac arrest in Oshnavieh, Iran at the age of 31.[3]
Siamand Rahman Media
Rahman with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Siamand Rahman - IPC". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ "Biographies - Siamand Rahman". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ World's Strongest Paralympian Siamand Rahman Dies at 31