World's strongest Paralympian Siamand Rahman passes away

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World's strongest Paralympian, Iran's Siamand Rahman passed away on Sunday evening of a heart attack.

Speaking to an IRNA on Sunday, the head of the Oshnavieh Sport and Youth Department said that world's strongest Paralympian, the Kurdish athlete Siamand Rahman had a heart attack this evening while at home and was immediately taken to hospital.

Rahim Teimouri added: "Unfortunately, the efforts of physicians and medical staff were not successful and he passed away.

Rahman is a Paralympic power lifter. He won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio and the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou.

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