Morteza Mehrzad

Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani is a sitting volleyball player, playing as an outside hitter.[2] He is the tallest man in Iran, the tallest paralympian in history and currently the joint second tallest man alive in the world.[3][4]

Morteza Mehrzad
Personal information
Full name	Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani
Nationality	Iran
Born	17 September 1987 Chalus, Mazandaran, Iran
Height	2.46 m (8 ft 1 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	2[1]
Career
Years Teams 2015– Samen Al Hojjaj Sabzevar
National team
2015– Iran sitting volleyball team
Medal record Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Sitting volleyball

He is part of the Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. He has acromegaly,[5] and competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[6] At club level he played for Samen Al Hojjaj Sabzevar in 2015.

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics sitting volleyball final, he was the match top scorer with 28 points for Iran.[7]

See also

• Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• List of tallest people
• List of humans with gigantism

References

1. "مرتضی، از دیدار با علی کریمی تا طلای المپیک" (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
2. "At 8 Feet Tall, This Paralympian Sat Down and Started Getting Noticed". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
3. "گزارشی ازمرد غول پیکر والیبال ایران/ورزشکاری که همه را متعجب کرده" (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
4. "Meet Iran's sitting volleyball ace, the tallest Paralympian in history".
5. "Paralympics' tallest ever competitor: 'My life has changed playing sitting volleyball'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
6. "Towering over opponents, Iranian giant Mehrzad begins journey to summit of sitting volleyball". rio2016.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
7. http://www.worldparavolley.org/ir-iran-are-golden-in-rio/