Azam Khodayari (born 22 June 1980) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

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from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

competing mainly in category F56/58 discus throw events. Khodayari was the first Iranian woman to win a medal in athletics at the Paralympics. She competed in the

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. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F56/58 discus throw event.

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1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Tehran Paralympic athletes for Iran Iranian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Iran Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Iranian sportswomen World Para Athletics Championships winners Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Asian Para Games silver medalists for Iran {{Iran-Paralympic-medalist-stub