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'''Morteza Mehrzadselakjani''' (born 17 September 1987) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays in the national sitting volleyball team of and Baran [[Kerman]] (Mes Shahr Babak). With a height of 247 cm, he is known as the tallest living man in Iran and [[Middle East]] and the [[List of tallest people|second tallest living man in the world]]. He was able to win two gold medals
He is part of the [[Iran men's national sitting volleyball team]]. He has [[acromegaly]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Paralympics' tallest ever competitor: 'My life has changed playing sitting volleyball'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/paralympic-sport/2016/09/13/paralympics-tallest-ever-competitor-my-life-has-changed-playing/|website=The Telegraph|date=13 September 2016|accessdate=4 May 2017|last1=Davies|first1=Gareth A.}}</ref> and has won the Gold medal at the [[Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro]], [[2018 Asian Para Games|2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta]], [[2018 in volleyball|2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championship]] and [[Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Summer Paralympics]] In [[Tokyo]] and [[2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championship]] in [[Sarajevo]] with [[Iran men's national sitting volleyball team]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/news/iranian-sitting-volleyball-giant-towers-over-opposition-Rio-2016 | title=Towering over opponents, Iranian giant Mehrzad begins journey to summit of sitting volleyball | website=Rio2016.com | publisher=[[Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] | accessdate=13 September 2016 | archive-date=18 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918052620/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/news/iranian-sitting-volleyball-giant-towers-over-opposition-Rio-2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> At club level he played for Samen Al Hojjaj [[Sabzevar]] in 2015.
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