Bahman Golbarnezhad Explained

Bahman Golbarnezhad
Headercolor:yellow
Nationality:Iranian
Birth Date:12 June 1968
Birth Place:Abadan, Iran[1]
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Country:Iran
Sport:Track and road cycling
Disability Class:C4

Bahman Golbarnezhad[2] (Persian: بهمن گلبارنژاد, 12 June 1968[3] – 17 September 2016) was an Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist competing in C4 classification events and an earlier powerlifter. During his powerlifting career, he won twelve gold medals and one silver medal in international competitions.[4] Golbarnezhad had represented Iran in two Summer Paralympic Games, first in 2012 in London and later in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. He was the only Iranian cyclist at the 2016 Paralympics.[5] He was a veteran of the Iran–Iraq war.[6]

On 17 September 2016, Golbarnezhad died in an accident which occurred during the 2016 Summer Paralympics' men's C4-5 road cycling event.

Early life and career

Golbarnezhad was born and raised in Abadan, Iran. During the Iran–Iraq War, he relocated to Shiraz. In 1988, he fought for Iran in the war and lost his left leg when he walked on a land mine. Three years after his injury, he started his professional sporting career first as a wrestler, then he turned to weightlifting. In his weightlifting career, he won twelve gold medals and one silver medal. He stopped weightlifting due to a shoulder injury and started cycling in 2006. He qualified for 2012 London Paralympics the same year that his first wife died due to cancer. Golbarnezhad and his wife had one son.[7] [8]

Major competitions

2012 Summer Paralympics
  • Men's road race C4-5
  • 18th Men's 1 km time trial C4-5
    2016 Summer Paralympics
  • 14th Men's time trial C4
  • Men's road race C4-5

    Death

    During the men's C4-5 road cycling event on 17 September 2016 at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Golbarnezhad suffered a head injury during a collision with a rock on a mountainous stretch of the circuit in Pontal, a small peninsula and beach area in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood of western Rio.[9] [10] [11] Golbarnezhad was treated on-site, and was in the process of being transported to the athletes' hospital when he died from a cardiac arrest. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that it would investigate the incident, and the I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee requested a report on the incident from the IPC. Golbarnezhad's death marked the first time since the 1960 Summer Olympics that an Olympic or Paralympic athlete had died during competition.[12] [13]

    Following the incident, the flag of Iran was lowered to half-mast in the Paralympic Village, and for the Iranian sitting volleyball victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina. A period of silence was also held during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[8] [12]

    Reactions to his death

    "Devastated to hear about the death of Iranian rider Bahman Golbarnezhad. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, and the NPC of Iran to whom we offer our most sincere condolences."[12] [14]

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: انا لله و انا الیه راجعون/ گلبارنژاد آسمانی شد. IRIB news Aganse. September 18, 2016.
    2. Web site: Golbarnezhad Bahman Male Cycling . . September 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918112032/https://www.rio2016.com/es/paralimpicos/atleta/bahman-golbarnezhad . 18 September 2016 .
    3. Web site: درگذشت دوچرخه سوار ایران در ریو. حسن قلي پور. خطير. 17 September 2016.
    4. Web site: Iranian Cyclist Golbarnezhad Dies after Rio Paralympic Road Race Crash » IFP News. Iran Front Page. 18 September 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919074253/http://ifpnews.com/news/society/sports/2016/09/iranian-cyclist-golbarnezhad-dies-rio-paralympic-road-race-crash/. 19 September 2016. dead.
    5. News: Paralympics 2016: Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad dies after crash in men's road race. Forster. Katie. The Independent. 18 September 2016. 18 September 2016.
    6. Web site: کام ورزش ایران تلخ شد/ دوچرخه‌سوار پارالمپیکی ایران درگذشت. 17 September 2016.
    7. Web site: بهمن گلبارنژاد؛ دوچرخه‌سوار ایرانی که در ریو جان باخت. BBC News. 18 September 2016 . 18 September 2016. fa.
    8. News: Rio Paralympics 2016: Closing ceremony tribute for Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad . . 18 September 2016 . 18 September 2016.
    9. Web site: مرگ دوچرخه سوار ایرانی در ریو. 17 September 2016.
    10. Web site: ایرنا - درگذشت دوچرخه سوار ایران در ریو. 17 September 2016. 17 September 2016.
    11. Web site: Iranian cyclist dies after fatal accident at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Insidethegames.biz. 17 September 2016 . 17 September 2016.
    12. News: Rio Paralympics 2016: Iranian Para-cyclist dies following crash. BBC Sport. 18 September 2016.
    13. Web site: Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad dies after Paralympic road race crash. The Guardian. 18 September 2016. 18 September 2016.
    14. Web site: Statement on Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad. 17 September 2016.
    15. Web site: President Rouhani condoles demise of Iranian Para-cyclist. 18 September 2016.
    16. News: Iran team dedicate sitting volleyball gold to Bahman Golbarnezhad. Press Association. 18 September 2016. The Guardian.
    17. Web site: Iran sitting volleyball team wins Paralympics gold medal. 19 September 2016. Tehran Times.

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