Jamal Chavoshifar (; also Romanized as "Jamāl Chāvoshifar", IPA: ʤæ'mɒːl ʧɒːvoʃiː'fæɾ, born 1990) is an Iranian swimmer who specialized in the backstroke.
Swimming career Born on 19 August 1990 into a family of sportsmen and encouraged by his father, Jamal Chavoshifar engaged in swimming as a child. At first he chose the breaststroke and won the first medal of his life in one of its styles. But he gradually inclined to the butterfly stroke, and finally began his specialty, that is the backstroke, at the age of sixteen. در مسیر کسب سهمیهٔ المپیک/ چاوشی‌فر: هرچه در توان داشتم گذاشته‌ام (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 18 June 2016)
In his first abroad competition, Jamal managed to break the 50m and 100m backstroke records of Iran at the Malaysian Competitions in 2008, when he was eighteen.جمال چاوشی‌فر: ۲۴ بار رکوردهای ملی را جابه‌جا کرده‌ام (Esfahan Emrooz website; 31 January 2018)
Chavoshifar holds the Iranian records of 50, 100, and 200 m events of the backstroke in short course pools, as well as the records of 50 and 100 m events of the same style in long course pools. He has been continuously improving his records during his championship period. در مسیر کسب سهمیهٔ المپیک/ چاوشی‌فر: هرچه در توان داشتم گذاشته‌ام (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 18 June 2016)
Historic records Chavoshifar is the first Iranian swimmer to swim the 100m backstroke in less than a minute. Chavoshifar is the first Iranian swimmer to swim the 50m backstroke in less than 26 seconds. Chavoshifar is the first Iranian swimmer to gain the entrance record of the backstroke for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 in Russia.Wikipedia: List of Iranian records in swimming#MenWikipedia: List of Iranian records in swimming#Men2
Team records In addition to the above-mentioned records, Chavoshifar holds the records of the three events of long course relay 4×100m, short course relay 4×50m, and short course relay 4×100m.
Best results Event Time Venue date 50 m backstroke(Short course) 25.40 (NR) Doha, QatarWorld Championships 5 December 2014 100 m backstroke(Short course) 55.03 (NR) Doha, QatarWorld Championships 3 December 2014 200 m backstroke(Short course) 2:03:39 (NR) Doha, QatarWorld Championships 7 December 2014 جمال چاوشی‌فر بازهم رکورد زد (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 3 December 2014)درخشش و رکوردشکنی چاوشی‌فر و نسیمی‌شاد (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 5 April 2015)صعود جمال چاوشی‌فر به نیمه‌نهایی ۱۰۰ متر کرال پشت (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 28 June 2015) چاووشی‌فر بازهم رکورد ایران را شکست (Website of the Iranian Federation of Swimming, Diving and Water Polo; 22 September 2014) چاوشی‌فر رکورد زد و جهانی شد (Varzesh 3 website; 4 July 2015)رکورد کرال پشت ایران بازهم جابه‌جا شد/ جمال چاوشی‌فر رکورد خودش را شکست (Khabaronline website; 22 September 2014)چاوشی‌فر و قندچی رکورد ملی را شکستند (Tabnak; 7 Dec., 2014)
See also List of Iranian records in swimming
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