Siamand Rahman
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| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1988 Oshnavieh, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 March 2020 (aged 31) Oshnavieh, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 169 kg (373 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic powerlifting, Bench Press | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Siamand Rahman (Persian: سیامند رحمان; 21 March 1988 – 1 March 2020) was an Iranian Paralympic powerlifter. He won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, and the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou. He is the current IPC Powerlifting World Record holder and the Paralympic Championship Record holder in the +107 kg category with a 310.0 kilograms (683.4 lb) bench press and also holds the junior world record with 290.0 kilograms (639.3 lb). Siamand died on 1, March 2020 due to cardiac arrest.