Maryam Sedarati (; 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. References Iranian female high jumpers 1950 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iran