Mokhtar Nourafshan

Mokhtar Nourafshan (1966/1967 – 31 July 2024) was an Iranian paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.

Biography Nourafshan first competed in the Paralympics in 1988 where he threw the javelin and discus, winning the gold medal in the latter. He missed the 1992 games but returned to the 1996 Summer Paralympics to win gold in the F53 javelin and silver in the F53 discus and shot put. He didn't attempt to defend his javelin title in the 2000 Summer Paralympics but did win both the discus and shot put titles in the F54 class. In 2004, he returned to the javelin but failed to medal in the F55-F56 joint class and won bronze in the F55 discus.

Nourafshan died of a kidney infection in Tehran, on 31 July 2024, at the age of 57.