Mokhtar Nourafshan

Mokhtar Nourafshan

Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Iran
Paralympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Discus Throw - 3
	1996 Atlanta	Javelin Throw - F53
	2000 Sydney	Discus Throw - F54
	2000 Sydney	Shot Put - F54
	1996 Atlanta	Discus Throw - F53
	1996 Atlanta	Shot Put - F53
	2004 Athens	Discus Throw - F55

Mokhtar Nourafshan is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.

Mokhtar first competed in the Paralympics in 1988 where he threw the javelin and discus, winning the gold medal in the later. He missed the 1992 games but returned to the 1996 Summer Paralympics to win gold in the f53 javelin and silver in the F53 discus and shot put. He didn't attempt to defend his javelin title in the 2000 Summer Paralympics but did win both the discus and shot put titles in the F54 class. In 2004, he returned to the javelin but failed to medal in the F55-56 joint class and won bronze in the F55 discus.

External links

• Mokhtar Nourafshan at the International Paralympic Committee