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 ...

The world's second-largest man is representing Iran at the Paralympics in Paris — but he's so tall that he needs to sleep on the floor. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani — who is better known as Mehrzad — is ...

Two-time Paralympics gold medalist and the world's second tallest man, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani is facing severe accommodation problems at the 2024 Paris Paralympics Village. This comes due to the ...

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 ...

Sitting on the floor, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani’s raised arms stretch well over six feet. Standing up, the Iranian Paralympian measures eight feet one inch, making him the tallest athlete in the ...

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani distinctly remembers the moment sitting volleyball came into his life. And it is not because it brought him worldwide success or even fame. It is for reasons far more ...

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani is the second-tallest person in the world and an icon of Iranian sport but he is so tall he has to sleep on the floor at the Olympic Village because no bed accommodates his ...

At two meters, 46 centimeters (eight foot, one inch) tall, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani is the not-so-secret weapon of Iran’s sitting volleyball team. The tallest Paralympian in history and the ...

The world’s second-largest man is representing Iran at the Paralympics in Paris — but he’s so tall that he needs to sleep on the floor. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani — who is better known as Mehrzad — is ...