“SUPER SPIKE!” the PA announcer bellows inside the electric party atmosphere of the North Arena on the outskirts of Paris. Arms outstretched wide, Morteza Mehrzad, sitting on the floor in his red top ...

Mehrzad started his glorious journey in Rio 2016, where he helped Team Melli to win their sixth gold medal. Mehrzad also claimed a gold medal four years later in Tokyo. Mehrzad is the second tallest ...

At 2.46m tall, Mehrzad was at his dominant best to help Iran regain the men’s world title by beating defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-20) in the final held in the ...

For the best part of a decade Morteza Mehrzadselakjani refused to leave his home in the Iranian city of Chalus on the Caspian Sea. It was only in the protected sanctuary of his bedroom, with his books ...

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani might be an icon of Iranian sport, but he receives precious few privileges at the Paralympic Village. At 8ft 1in, he discovers, as the second-tallest person in the world, that ...

Iran’s men’s national sitting volleyball team is one win away from competing for another gold medal in the Paralympics and one of the tallest people in the world is leading the squad. Morteza Mehrzad, ...

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani knows a thing or two about winning. With two Paralympic gold medals to his name already, the Iranian is the not-so-secret weapon of his country’s men’s sitting volleyball team ...

He is a vital cog in Iran’s dominant men’s sitting volleyball team, having played a key role in winning gold in the last two Paralympic Games. His height comes with special requirements though. Iran’s ...

Iran’s Morteza Mehrzad was arguably the most noticed athlete at the Rio Paralympics, but the 8-foot, 1-inch sitting volleyball player was bothered by the attention, according to the International ...

Morteza Mehrzad is not just the tallest athlete at the Paralympics. He’s the tallest person in all of Iran. Mehrzad stands 8 feet, 1 inch. But he is far shorter while playing his sport -- sitting ...