Farhad Ghaemi (; born 28 August 1989) is a

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player from

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, who plays as an outside spiker for the Men's National Team. He competed at the

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. His ethnicity is Iranian Turkmen. Ghaemi had his debut national match in the 2012 Summer Olympics qualification with an invitation from Julio Velasco. He is currently playing with Foolad Sirjan Iranian.

Honours

National team

* World Grand Champions Cup **Bronze medal (1):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* Asian Championship **Gold medal (2):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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**Gold medal (2):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Asian U20 Championship **Gold medal (1):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

* U19 World Championship **Gold medal (1):

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

* Asian U18 Championship **Gold medal (1):

Club

* Asian Championship **Gold medal (2):

(Kalleh),

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(Sarmayeh Bank) * Iranian Super League **Champions (2):

(Kalleh),

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

(Paykan)

Individual

*Best spiker: 2009 U21 World ChampionshipFarhad Ghaemi
. nbcolympics.com *Best server: 2013 Asian Club Championship

References

External links

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Farhad Ghaemi
at FIVB.org
2007 Boys' Youth World Championship F
at FIVB.org * * * 1989 births Living people Iranian men's volleyball players People from Gonbad-e Qabus Sportspeople from Golestan province Iranian Turkmen people Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic volleyball players for Iran Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games {{Iran-volleyball-bio-stub Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar 21st-century Iranian sportsmen