Loading AI tools
Iranian swimmer and water polo player (1945–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heidar Shonjani or Haydar Shonjani (Persian: حیدر شونجانی, 16 December 1945 – 8 November 2020), was an Iranian swimmer and water polo player.[2][3]
| ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 16 December 1945 Bandar-e Anzali, Iran | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 November 2020 (aged 74)[1] | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Water polo, swimming | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
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]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
