Here is all you need to know about age 100 Iranian Taghi Askar as he shines at the World Aquatics 2024
At the age of 100, Iran’s Taghi Askar once again smashed the springboard at the 2024 World Aquatics Masters Championships in Doha.
Who is Iran diver Taghi Askar as he takes part in World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024, bio, age and career
To promote the 2024 World Aquatics Masters Championships, Taghi Askar did a dive that left the audience cheering and astonished the stars.
To commemorate the two-week countdown to the largest seniors aquatics tournament in the world, Askari, the oldest athlete at the championships, dived in front of the women’s 3m Springboard final at the Hamad Aquatic Centre.
A 100-year-old diver from #Iran, Taghi Askari, has dived once again, this time at the World Aquatics Masters Championships 🏊♂️😍
Taghi earned a silver and bronze medal at the inaugural Asian Games in 🇮🇳 #NewDehli in 1951 and retired as Iran's national champion in 1983.… pic.twitter.com/QUaPRGxXv2
— Living in Tehran (LiT) (@LivinginTehran) February 10, 2024
When he competed in diving for the first time at the Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951, Iran had very high standards, and he won two medals. Here is all about the inspiring diver at the competition.
Who is Taghi Askari?
Taghi Askari is a diver from Iran who is the oldest diving competitor at the World Aquatics 2024 aged 100! His love for the sport is what motivated him to continue diving proving that age is just a number.
Askari’s career as an international diver began at the first Asian Games in New Delhi. Since then, the competition has grown from 489 competitors competing in six sports in 1951 to 11,935 athletes competing in 40 disciplines at the 2022 Tokyo Olympics.
Before retiring in 1983 as Iran’s national champion, he competed in the inaugural Asian Games and took home silver and gold in 1951. Seventy-three years ago, Askari’s career peaked. During the first Asian Games in New Delhi that year, he won two medals in six different events.
He won a gold medal at the national level, and then he said the sport farewell, having at least brought home a gold medal. He then returned because he said that he admired diving since he was a teenager.
As per what he told worldaquatics.com:
The first time I attended in 1951 the level of diving in Iran was very high.
But by the time the games were in Tehran in 1974 the Chinese swimmers had entered this beautiful sport and they started to improve by a lot.
We just couldn’t catch them as we stayed at the same level we started at.”