Maryam Sedarati

Maryam Sedarati

File:Maryam Sedarati 1974.jpg Sedarati at the 1974 Asian Games
Personal information
Born	1 June 1950 (1950-06) (age 74) Mashhad, Iran
Alma mater	Alzahra University
Sport
Sport	Athletics pentathlon
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	HJ – 1.60 m (1973)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Iran Asian Championships Bronze medal – third place 1973 Manila High jump

Maryam Sedarati (Persian: مریم صدارتی; born 1 June 1950) is a retired Iranian athlete. In 1973 she became the first Iranian woman to win a medal at an international athletics competition, a bronze in the high jump at the Asian Championships. Next year she placed fifth in the pentathlon at the 1974 Asian Games. Sedarati held the national high jump record from 1964 to 1996. She semi-retired from athletics between 1968 and 1973, to marry and raise her child, and then set her last national record in 1973.

File:Sedarati and Ghiasi.jpg

_{Maryam Sedarati and Teymour Ghiasi during a practice in the Amjadieh Stadium in 1973}