Kamran Shokrisalari


Kamran Shokrisalari is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in F42 classification throwing events.

Athletics history

Shokrisalari represented Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he entered the F42 javelin throw event. In the javelin, Shokrisalari second round throw of 52.06 metres was a personal best, and this placed him in first place for much of the competition; only for him to see lead snatched by a new world record by China's Fu Yanlong in his final throw. Shokrisalari took silver, his first Paralympic medal.

Personal history

Shokrisalari was born in Andimeshk, Iran.