Simin Safamehr Explained

Simin Safamehr
Nationality:Iranian
Sport:Sprinting
Event:100 metres, long jump
Birth Date:14 June 1947
Death Date:2016 (aged 68)[1]
Death Place:Tehran, Iran
Pb:13.2 (100 m)
5.06 m (Long jump)

Simin Safamehr (fa|سیمین صفامهر, 14 June 1947 – March 2016) was an Iranian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres and women's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] She was the first woman to represent Iran at the Olympics.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: یک قصه جذاب از دل تاریخ؛ رکورد‌ ۴۳‌ساله‌ دختر‌ اهل‌ میانه . 26 June 2024 . sahebdivan.ir.
  2. Simin Safamehr Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085355/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/simin-safamehr-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 27 June 2017.
  3. Web site: First female competitors at the Olympics by country . Olympedia . 26 June 2020.