Jamal Chavoshifar
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jamal Chavoshifar جمال چاوشیفر |
| National team |  Iran |
| Born | 19 August 1990 Isfahan, Iran |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Foulad-e Mobarakeh Sepahan (2009-2011) Naft-e Omidiyeh (2012) Mowj-ha-ye Abi-ye Mashhad (2013) Naft-e Tehran (2014-present) |
Jamal Chavoshifar (Persian: جمال چاوشیفر; also Romanized as "Jamāl Chāvoshifar", IPA: ʤæ'mɒːl ʧɒːvoʃiː'fæɾ, born 1990) is an Iranian swimmer who specialized in the backstroke.
Swimming career
[edit | edit source]Born on 19 August 1990 into a family of sportsmen and encouraged by his father, Jamal Chavoshifar engaged in swimming as a child. At first he chose the breaststroke and won the first medal of his life in one of its styles. But he gradually inclined to the butterfly stroke, and finally began his specialty, that is the backstroke, at the age of sixteen.[1]
In his first abroad competition, Jamal managed to break the 50m and 100m backstroke records of Iran at the Malaysian Competitions in 2008, when he was eighteen.[2]
Chavoshifar holds the Iranian records of 50, 100, and 200 m events of the backstroke in short course pools, as well as the records of 50 and 100 m events of the same style in long course pools. He has been continuously improving his records during his championship period.[3][4][5][6][7]
Historic records
[edit | edit source]- Chavoshifar is the first Iranian swimmer to swim the 100m backstroke in less than a minute.
- Chavoshifar is the first Iranian swimmer to swim the 50m backstroke in less than 26 seconds.
- Chavoshifar is the first Iranian swimmer to gain the entrance record of the backstroke for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 in Russia.[8][circular reference][9][circular reference]
Team records
[edit | edit source]In addition to the above-mentioned records, Chavoshifar holds the records of the three events of long course relay 4×100m, short course relay 4×50m, and short course relay 4×100m.[10][11][12]
Best results
[edit | edit source]| Event | Time | Venue | date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m backstroke (Short course) |
25.40 (NR) | Doha, Qatar World Championships |
5 December 2014 |
| 100 m backstroke (Short course) |
55.03 (NR) | Doha, Qatar World Championships |
3 December 2014 |
| 200 m backstroke (Short course) |
2:03:39 (NR) | Doha, Qatar World Championships |
7 December 2014 |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ در مسیر کسب سهمیهٔ المپیک/ چاوشیفر: هرچه در توان داشتم گذاشتهام Archived 2016-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 18 June 2016)
- ^ جمال چاوشیفر: ۲۴ بار رکوردهای ملی را جابهجا کردهام Archived 2019-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (Esfahan Emrooz website; 31 January 2018)
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- ^ در مسیر کسب سهمیهٔ المپیک/ چاوشیفر: هرچه در توان داشتم گذاشتهام Archived 2016-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 18 June 2016)
- ^ Wikipedia: List of Iranian records in swimming#Men
- ^ Wikipedia: List of Iranian records in swimming#Men2
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- ^ جمال چاوشیفر بازهم رکورد زد Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 3 December 2014)
- ^ درخشش و رکوردشکنی چاوشیفر و نسیمیشاد Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 5 April 2015)
- ^ صعود جمال چاوشیفر به نیمهنهایی ۱۰۰ متر کرال پشت Archived 2015-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 28 June 2015)
- ^ چاووشیفر بازهم رکورد ایران را شکست (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 22 September 2014)
- ^ چاوشیفر رکورد زد و جهانی شد Archived 2024-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (Varzesh 3 website; 4 July 2015)
- ^ رکورد کرال پشت ایران بازهم جابهجا شد/ جمال چاوشیفر رکورد خودش را شکست Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (Khabaronline website; 22 September 2014)
- ^ چاوشیفر و قندچی رکورد ملی را شکستند Archived 2019-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (Tabnak; 7 Dec., 2014)