Eshrat Kordestani

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. At the 2014 Incheon Iranian women Sitting volleyball team won silver medal where she was the captain. The team also qualified to compete at both the 2016 Summer Paralympics for the first time. She was the captain of Iranian women Sitting volleyball team and also the flag-bearer for Iran in Rio 2016.[2][3][4][5]

Eshrat Kordestani

Personal information
Born	January 2, 1984 [1] Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Sitting volleyball
Medal record Representing  Iran Asian Para Games 2014 Incheon Athletics at the 2014 Asian Para Games-Sitting volleyball

Personal life

Kordestani has been war wounded and lost her right foot in Shalamcheh in 2002 when she was 19 years old, hitting an Anti-personnel mine as a leftover from the Iran-Iraq war. She then started sitting volleyball after being paralyzed, following her volleyball career.[6][7]

Honors

• Captain of the Iran women's sitting volleyball team to first ever qualify for the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
• The Flagbearer for Iran in Rio 2016 paralympics.
• Top scorer for Iran team [8]

See also

• List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics

References

1. "KORDESTANI Eshrat". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. "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.
3. "Female Athlete in Ihram Clothing, Flag-Bearer of Iran's Paralympics Team » IFP News". 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
4. "Iran makes Paralympic protest over Hajj deaths". BBC News. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
5. "Iran Starts 2016 Rio Paralympics With Silver". 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
6. "Tasnim News Agency - Eshrat Kordestani Selected as Iran's Flagbearer for Rio Paralympics". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
7. "The Paralympics opening ceremony may have been better than the Olympics". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
8. "Rio 2016 Paralympics – Match Report – Day 4 | World ParaVolley". www.worldparavolley.org. Retrieved 19 September 2016.