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Heidar Shonjani
حیدر شونجانی

Personal information
Born	(1945-12-16)16 December 1945 Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Died	8 November 2020(2020-11-08) (aged 74)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Water polo, swimming
Medal record Representing  Iran Asian Games 1974 Tehran Water polo

Heidar Shonjani or Haydar Shonjani (Persian: حیدر شونجانی, 16 December 1945 – 8 November 2020), was an Iranian swimmer and water polo player.

Career

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.

References

1. "Legendary swimmer Heydar Shonjani dies". Tehran Times. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. ^ Haydar Shonjani. sports-reference.com
3. Takhtejamshidcup First Official Website for Takhtejamshid Cup (Persian). Takhtejamshidcup.com (18 September 2015). Retrieved on 2017-06-28.
4. ایران در بازی‌های آسیایی. olympic.ir. Retrieved on 28 June 2017.

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