page_title: Maryam Sedarati
hierarchical_section_title: Maryam Sedarati
caption_attribution_description: Maryam Sedarati, 1974 Asian Games in Tehran
context_page_description: Maryam Sedarati is a retired Iranian athlete. In 1973 she became the first Iranian woman to win a medal at an international athletics competition, a bronze in the high jump at the Asian Championships. Next year she placed fifth in the pentathlon at the 1974 Asian Games. Sedarati held the national high jump record from 1964 to 1996. She semi-retired from athletics between 1968 and 1973, to marry and raise her child, and then set her last national record in 1973.
context_section_description: Maryam Sedarati (Persian: مریم صدارتی‎, born 1 June 1950) is a retired Iranian athlete. In 1973 she became the first Iranian woman to win a medal at an international athletics competition, a bronze in the high jump at the Asian Championships. Next year she placed fifth in the pentathlon at the 1974 Asian Games. Sedarati held the national high jump record from 1964 to 1996. She semi-retired from athletics between 1968 and 1973, to marry and raise her child, and then set her last national record in 1973.
caption: Sedarati at the 1974 Asian Games
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