Editing Aco Amir

'''Aco Amir''' (Persian: آکو امیر شیخ‌الاسلامی) is an Iranian tournament paintball player and administrator from Tehran. He played for [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]] and represented Iran at the 2013 Paintball World Cup. He was identified as president of the Middle East Paintball Federation in 2019 and is listed on the Executive Committee of the [[United Paintball Federation]] (UPBF).[1][2][3][4][5]

== Playing career ==

The Datis player profiles archived on 30 April 2007 list Amir as a middle player wearing number 69. In a March 2010 interview with ProPaintball.com, he named Datis teammates [[Babak Esmaeily]] and Reza Badrian as his mentors.[1][6]

ProPaintball.com reported that Amir and Datis won all four rounds of the [[Iran National Paintball League|Iranian national league]] campaign that ended in March 2010, defeating [[Persian Legend (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Legend]] in the final. In the same interview, Amir said he was playing as a guest for Demons Red in Malaysia. A Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit notice published the following month listed him with the team under the spelling Demonz Red.[6][7]

In July 2011, ''Sanat News'' named Amir in the Datis squad that finished runner-up to Australia's STK at the second round of the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] in the Philippines.[2]

The European Paintball Federation listed Amir on Iran's roster for the Paintball World Cup held from 13 to 15 September 2013 in Chantilly, France. Iran finished 16th out of 24 national teams. The [[Iran Paintball Association]] also named Amir in its squad announcement for the 2014 Nations Cup.[3][8]

== Federation roles ==

In a September 2019 interview, Nick Truter introduced Amir as president of the recently formed Middle East Paintball Federation (MEPBF). Amir discussed promoting regional tournaments and helping national teams from the Middle East prepare for international competition. The federation's website described the MEPBF as part of the UPBF.[4][9]

The UPBF lists Amir as a member of its Executive Committee and names him on two working commissions, Marketing & Sponsorship and Competition.[5]

== One4One Paintball ==

In October 2017, Planet Eclipse reported that One4One Paintball supplied Datis with custom CS1.5 markers before the penultimate round of the [[Paintball League Middle East|PALM]] series in Iran. The report quoted Amir, identified as “Acco from Datis”, on the team's use of the markers during the event.[10]

One4One's archived website described the business as a Middle East distributor and technical centre for Planet Eclipse and listed Datis among its sponsored teams. Amir linked to the distributor's website from his public profile and described his role at One4One as “Creator of Opportunities”.[11][12][13][14]

== Interviews ==

On 29 December 2020, Amir appeared with Babak Esmaeily and Nima Razavi on ''Overshot: A Paintball Podcast'' to discuss competitive paintball in Iran.[15]

== See also ==

* [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)]]
* [[Iranian paintball]]
* [[United Paintball Federation]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20070430181236/http://www.datispaintball.com:80/pages/profile.asp Datis Paintball, main player profiles, archived 30 April 2007.]
# [http://www.sanatnews.ir/Default.aspx?PageName=Print&id=59681 Sanat News, report on Iran's runner-up finish at the second PALS round, 10 July 2011. Persian.]
# [https://www.epbf.info/ra_data/files/Annual%20report%202013.pdf European Paintball Federation, 2013 Annual Report, World Cup results and national team rosters, pp. 24–26.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXGE9DIqmAE Nick Truter, “MEPBF | Truternology Meets | Aco Amir”, 13 September 2019.]
# [https://www.upbf.net/about United Paintball Federation, “About the United Paintball Federation”, Leadership and Commissions tabs, accessed 9 November 2026.]
# [https://jrdominguez32paintball.blogspot.com/2010/03/propaintballcom-player-of-week-aco-amir.html ProPaintball.com, “Player of the Week: Aco Amir”, 9 March 2010, reproduced by JR Dominguez 32 Paintball on 10 March 2010.]
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2010/04/?m=0 Seburo, “MPOC Rankings Updated”, 24 April 2010, reproducing a Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit notice.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20141104201026/http://www.paintball.ir:80/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/195/----.aspx Iran Paintball Association, national squad announcement for the 2014 Nations Cup, archived 4 November 2014. Persian.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20190923215845/http://mepbf.com/about-us/ Middle East Paintball Federation, “About Us”, archived 23 September 2019.]
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/10/datis-1st-and-2nd-palm-series-iran.html Planet Eclipse, “Datis 1st and 2nd: Palm Series, Iran”, 8 October 2017.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20200923090110/http://one4onepaintball.com/our-offer/ One4One Paintball, distribution and technical services, archived 23 September 2020.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20220131183411/https://one4onepaintball.com/ One4One Paintball, home page and sponsored teams, archived 31 January 2022.]
# [https://www.pinterest.com/acoamir/ Aco Amir, public profile linking to One4One Paintball.]
# [https://www.facebook.com/acoamir/?locale=en_GB Aco Amir, publicly indexed Facebook profile, self-described One4One Paintball role.]
# [https://www.buzzsprout.com/922351/episodes/7040662-ep-68-iranian-paintball-with-datis-paintball-team Overshot: A Paintball Podcast, episode 68, “Iranian paintball with Datis paintball team”, 29 December 2020.]

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