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Meet This 247cm Tall Volleyball Giant | Morteza Mehrzad | Tallest Player in Volleyball History. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (born 17 September 1987) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays in the national sitting volleyball team of and Mes Shahr Babak. With a height of 247 cm, he is known as the tallest living man in Iran and the second tallest living man in the world. He was able to win two gold medals and the Golden Ball for the best player in the world in 2022 at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

He is part of the Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. He has acromegaly,[4] and has won the Gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championship and 2020 Summer Paralympics In Tokyo and 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championship in Sarajevo with Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. 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. Iran eventually secured a gold medal after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1 in the final. He was also the second best spiker during the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

In 2018, he helped Iran win the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championship, securing Iran's first world title in 8 years, after a 3–0 victory over defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.

In the 2022 Summer Paralympics sitting volleyball, Mehrzad won his second Gold Medal at the Paralympic Games after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 in the semi-final and Russia 3–1 in the final with Iran's national team.

In 2022, he won his second Sitting Volleyball World Championship with Iran's national team in the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championship, after a 3–0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.

Personal information
Full name Morteza Mehrzadselakjani
Nationality Iranian
Born 17 September 1987 (age 35)
Rudsar, Gilan, Iran
Height 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in)[1][2]
Weight 140
Spike 201
Block 195
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Number 2
Career
Years Teams
2015– Samen Al Hojjaj Sabzevar
National team
2016– Iran Iran sitting volleyball team

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