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| Native name | عشرت کردستانی | |||||||||||
| Born | January 2, 1984 [1] Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran | |||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | |||||||||||
| Sport | Sitting volleyball | |||||||||||
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Eshrat Kordestani (Persian: عشرت کردستانی, born 02 January 1984) is an Iranian Paralympian in Sitting volleyball. She originally competed in volleyball before she lost her foot in an anti-personnel mine accident in 2002. The Iranian women's sitting volleyball team won silver at the 2014 Incheon, when she was captain. The team also qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics for the first time. She was the captain of the Iranian women's sitting volleyball team and also the flag-bearer for Iran in Rio 2016.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ "KORDESTANI Eshrat". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Female Athlete in Ihram Clothing, Flag-Bearer of Iran's Paralympics Team » IFP News". 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Iran makes Paralympic protest over Hajj deaths". BBC News. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Iran Starts 2016 Rio Paralympics With Silver". 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.