Mohammad Khalvandi

Mohammad Khalvandi (Persian: محمد خالوندی; born 11 January 1990) is an Iranian-born Turkish Paralympian athlete who competes in the disability class F58 of javelin throw event.

At the 2012 Paralympics, Khalvandi set a World Record for the F58 class with a throw of 50.98 m as he won gold in the combined F57/58 category.

[3] Competing for Turkey, he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw F57 event at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

[5] At the international-level Para Athletics Olympic Trial Competition, organized by the Turkish Athletic Federation and held in Mersin, he set a new world record on 20 February 2024 in the javelin throw F57 event with 51.60 m replacing the former world record of 51.42 m by Hamed Heidari from Azerbaijan.

[6] Khalvandi took the silver medal in the javelin throw F57 event with 49.80 m at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan.