Al at the 2008 Ironman Canada finish line
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I became very active in sports
ever since I graduated from high-school in 1977. In high-school, just
like any other Iranian youth, my favorite and only sport was soccer. I would
always get depressed those days that our gym teacher, Mr. Jaberi, would make
us either run, play basketball, or engage in any sport other than soccer. After
high-school and after I moved to the U.S., since I did not have a lot of friends
to play soccer with, my interest in soccer slowly faded and I became more
interested in individual sports such as tennis, running, cycling and swimming.
It was shortly after my interest in these individual sports that I decided to compete
in some events, both to establish a goal for myself and to quench my thirst for
competition.
To read an article written about my Triathlon achievements, that also includes many
action shots, please go to the
Iranian Sports Homepage.
Below is a partial list of my achievements in the sports of triathlon and running.
Al's National Triathlon Ranking:
1997: 696th
1998: 823rd
2000: 685th
2001: 626th
2002: 1,119th
2003: 1,416th
2004: 583rd
2005: 1,135th
2006: 690th
2007: 736th
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