Elham Asghari

Elham Sadat Asghari (; born 1981) is an Iranian swimmer who claimed that she has set an as-yet-unrecognized 20 kilometers swimming record in the Caspian Sea in northern Iran in June 2013.

Early life and background Elham began swimming at the age of five and started to teach swimming at the age of 17. Asghari's childhood dream was to swim in open waters, and to achieve her goal she looked for training programmes on the internet. Asghari's father worked as a wrestler, and encouraged her to register her records. To comply to the Sharia, Asghari came up with a special Hijab swimsuit that covered her body from head to toe, which in water adds 6 kilograms to the swimmer's weight.

Support Asghari posted a video of herself online with the help of her manager, Farvartish Rezvaniyeh, who decided to help her to publish her plight. When Rezvaniyeh heard about Asghari's case on Facebook he contacted her and made her make the video. Asghari gained the support of thousands of fans on Facebook and tributes poured as more people became aware of the case. In her video Asghari promises that women will not have to wear such dampening swimsuits.