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Rouhani congratulates Iranian weightlifters’ championship

Iran’s president has congratulated Iranian disabled weightlifters’ championship in the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

 

Iranian disabled weightlifters – Siamand Rahman

 

 

Iran delegate with a total of 12 Medals 5gold and 1bronze in the men’s junior, 1gold and 5silver in the Men’s senior closed its attempt in the events.

According to IRISFD – Islamic Republic of Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled site – ran 13 lifters of participating in the competitions were as blew:

Mens Up to 49kg, Mohsen Bakhtiar
Mens Up to 54kg, ABBASI Samad
Mens Up to 59kg, Ahmad Doustdar
Mens Up to 59kg, Hamzeh Mohammadi
Mens Up to 65kg, Amir Sajjad Youssefi
Mens Up to 72kg, Saeed Heydarpour
Mens Up to 72kg, Roohallah Rostami
Mens Up to 88kg, Seyyed Hamed Solhipour
Mens Up to 107kg, Ali Sadeghzadeh
Mens Up to 107kg, Mahdi Sayadi
Mens Over 107kg, Meysam Motaghian
Mens Over 107kg, Mansour Pourmirzaei
Mens Over 107kg, Siamand Rahman

The 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships have featured over 330 athletes from nearly 60 countries, held from 5-11 April and were the first opportunity for athletes to begin qualification for the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games.

Emad Askarieh

Emad Askarieh has worked as a journalist since 2002. The main focus of his work is foreign policy and world diplomacy. He started his career at Iran Front Page Media Group, and is currently serving as the World Editor and the Vice-President for Executive Affairs at the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website.

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