# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morteza-mehrzad
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:01:57.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morteza-mehrzad"
name: "Morteza Mehrzad"
slug: "morteza-mehrzad"
description: "Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, often referred to as Morteza Mehrzad, is an Iranian volleyball player who plays on the Iran men's national sitting volleyball team. With a height of 2.46 m, he also holds the record for the longest hand in the world with a size of 29 cm. He is known as the tallest living man in Iran and the third tallest living man in the world. He won three gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics, is two-time World Para Volleyball champion, three-time gold medalist at the Asian Games with Iran men's national sitting volleyball team, and three-time winner of the Golden Ball award for the best player."
tagline: "Iranian volleyball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morteza_Mehrzad_Selakjani.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1987-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.42
  momentum:             4.579638752052545
  historical:           9.452977333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/morteza_mehrzad2/"
    handle:    "morteza_mehrzad2"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4793155/"
    handle:    "nm4793155"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8E%AB%E5%B0%94%E5%A1%94%E6%89%8E%C2%B7%E8%BF%88%E5%B0%94%E6%89%8E%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "莫尔塔扎·迈尔扎德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mehrzad"
    title: "Morteza Mehrzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mehrzad"
    title: "Morteza Mehrzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "مرتضی مهرزاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mehrzad"
    title: "Morteza Mehrzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mehrzad"
    title: "Morteza Mehrzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mehrzad"
    title: "Morteza Mehrzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "モルテザ・メヘルザード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Mehrzad"
    title: "Morteza Mehrzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Мортеза Мехрзад Селакьяни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5715420"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump