Teymour Ghiasi

Teymour Ghiasi
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's athletics
Asian Games
1970 Bangkok High jump
1974 Tehran High jump
1966 Bangkok High jump
Asian Championships
1973 Manila High jump
1975 Seoul High jump

Teymour Ghiasi (Persian: تیمور غیاثی , born 12 April 1946 in Dargaz) is an Iranian retired high jumper.

Teymour Ghiasi set a new Asian record during the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran which earned him a Gold medal. He jumped 2.21 meters defeating Ni Zhiqin of China who was the unofficial world record holder with 2.29 meters. In Asian Games Ni Zhiqin jumped only 2.16 meters.[1]

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