Schirin Zorriassateiny

Schirin Zorriassateiny (born 3 April 1964 in Lørenskog, Akershus) is a retired Norwegian rhythmic gymnast who competed as both an individual and group member. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and is a three-time Norwegian national champion.

Biography Zorriassateiny was born in Lørenskog and moved to Bogerud as a child. Her mother took her to the sports club Rustad Idrettslag, where she began gymnastics. In her early teens, she stopped; however, her coach learned about rhythmic gymnastics and recruited Zorriassateiny and five other gymnasts to form a group.

She competed at the 1979 World Championships in London, where she was inspired by seeing more skilled gymnasts and began to intensify her training as both a group and individual gymnast. She won three individual all-around national titles from 1982 to 1984.

In 1985, she lost the Norwegian national title by 0.06 points. A visiting Bulgarian coach trained her for several weeks; Zorriassateiny said she enjoyed their collaboration. She won the 1985 Nordic Championships, which she called "perhaps my best competition ever". Her last competition was the 1985 World Championships. She spent the last month of her career preparing for the competition alone, as her coaches were busy after having children and the visiting coach had left.

Although she struggled with her transition out of competitive sports, she said that she never considered returning to gymnastics, as she had "many reasons" to stop. After her retirement, she criticized judges of the time for rewarding routines that emphasized contortion and very slim gymnasts, as she considered it to be dangerous for gymnasts to pursue those goals, especially for those training in less professional environments such as hers.