Maryam Sedarati
![]() Sedarati at the 1974 Asian Games | ||||||||||||
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Born | 1 June 1950 Mashhad, Iran[1] | (age 74)|||||||||||
Alma mater | Alzahra University[2] | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics pentathlon | |||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||
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Personal best | HJ – 1.60 m (1973)[1] | |||||||||||
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Maryam Sedarati (Persian: مریم صدارتی; born 1 June 1950) is a retired Iranian athlete. In 1973 she became the first Iranian woman to win a medal at an international athletics competition, a bronze in the high jump at the Asian Championships.[3] Next year she placed fifth in the pentathlon at the 1974 Asian Games.[2] Sedarati held the national high jump record from 1964 to 1996. She semi-retired from athletics between 1968 and 1973, to marry and raise her child, and then set her last national record in 1973.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Sedarati_and_Ghiasi.jpg)
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- ^ a b c Women High Jump National Record Is Broken After 23 Years. sportestan.com
- ^ a b Maryam Sedarati. takhtejamshidcup.com
- ^ ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com