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Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Iran at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in Tokyo
Competitors62 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Zahra Nemati & Nourmohammad Arekhi
Flag bearer (closing)Sareh Javanmardi
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
12
Silver
11
Bronze
1
Total
24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Source:[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 2 6
Athletics 14 2 16
Canoeing 1 1 2
Cycling 1 0 1
Judo 2 0 2
Powerlifting 5 0 5
Sitting Volleyball 12 0 12
Shooting 0 3 3
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Wheelchair Basketball 12 0 12
Total 53 9 62

Archery

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Iran qualified one athlete in Men's Individual W1, one athlete in Men's Individual Compound Open, two ticket in Men's Individual Recurve, one athlete in Women's Individual Compound and one athlete in Women's Individual Recurve.[2][3]

Men's individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mohammad Reza Zandi W1 643 SB 6 Bye Bye  Li Ji (CHN)
W 137–129
 Drahonínský (CZE)
L 131–139
 Hekimoğlu (TUR)
L 134–139
4
Alisina Manshaezadeh Compound 699 PB 4  Coates-Palgrave (RSA)
W 143–130
 Forsberg (FIN)
L 143–145
did not advance
Ramezan Biabani 699 PB 2  Marchant (AUS)
W 141–139
 Van Montagu (BEL)
W 143–142
 Shigaef (RPC)
W 143(X)–143(9)
 Ai (CHN)
W 146–144
 He (CHN)
L 143–147
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gholamreza Rahimi Recurve 644 PR 1 Bye  Mather (USA)
L 5–6
did not advance
Women's individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Farzaneh Asgari Compound 677 PB 12 Bye  Rubio (ESP)
W 140–134
 Virgilio (ITA)
L 135–136
did not advance
Zahra Nemati Recurve 630 3 Bye  Barantseva (RPC)
W 6–5
 Dergovics (BRA)
W 7–1
 Poimenidou (GRE)
W 6–2
 Petrilli (ITA)
W 6–5
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed team
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Farzaneh Asgari
Ramezan Biabani
Mix compound 1376 4 Bye Bye  Great Britain (GBR)
W 153–151
 China (CHN)
L 146–150
 RPC (RPC)
L 151–153
4
Zahra Nemati
Gholamreza Rahimi
Mix recurve 1274 2 Bye Bye  Great Britain (GBR)
W 6–0
 Italy (ITA)
L 3–5
 China (CHN)
L 2–6
4

Athletics

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16 athletes in 19 events represented Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Men's Track
Vahid Alinajimi Men's 100m T13 11.18 PB 9 did not advance
Men's 400m T13 50.25 PB 9 did not advance
Men's Field
Hamed Amiri Men's javelin throw F54 31.35 1st place, gold medalist(s) PR
Saeid Afrooz Men's javelin throw F34 40.05 1st place, gold medalist(s) WR
Sadegh Beit Sayah Men's javelin throw F41 43.35 2nd place, silver medalist(s) PB
Amir Khosravani Men's long jump T12 7.21 1st place, gold medalist(s) PB
Nourmohammad Arekhi Men's discus throw F11 33.37 6 SB
Men's shot put F11 12.78 6 SB
Ali Pirouj Men's javelin throw F13 64.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s) PB
Alireza Mokhtari Men's shot put F53 8.48 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SB
Saman Pakbaz Men's shot put F12 14.29 5
Ali Asghar Javanmardi Men's shot put F35 15.40 4
Sajad Mohammadian Men's shot put F63 14.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SB
Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh Men's shot put F34 10.80 6 SB
Mahdi Olad Men's discus throw F11 40.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SB
Men's shot put F11 14.43 1st place, gold medalist(s) SB
Amanolah Papi Men's javelin throw F57 49.56 2nd place, silver medalist(s) AR
Women's Field
Hashemiyeh Motaghian Women's javelin throw F56 24.50 1st place, gold medalist(s) WR
Elnaz Darabian Women's disk throw F53 12.49 6 AR

Cycling

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Iran sent one cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for Asia.[5][6][7][8][9]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Mahdi Mohammadi Men's road race C4-5 Did not finish -
Men's road time trial C5 53:49.65 11
Men's track individual pursuit C5 5:09.154 10

Judo

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Iran has qualified two athletes in Men's events in 90 and +100 kg.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1
Repechage
round 2
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vahid Nouri 90 kg Bye  Cavalcante (BRA)
W 10s1–0
 Latchoumanaya (FRA)
W 1s2–0s1
Bye Bye  Stewart (GBR)
W 10–0s2
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mohammadreza Kheirollahzadeh +100kg Bye  Subba (JAM)
W 10s1–0s1
 Gwang-geun (KOR)
W 10–0s1
Bye Bye  Chikoidze (GEO)
W 10s1–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Canoeing

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Iran has qualified one athlete in Women's KL3 events and one athlete in Men's VL2.

Athlete Event Heats Semi-Finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men
Eslam Jahedi Men's VL2 200m 1:01.395 4 SF 58.057 4 Did not advance
Women
Shahla Behrouzirad Women's KL3 200m 54.755 4 SF 51.316 3 FA 52.789 7

Powerlifting

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Men
Amir Jafari Men's 65kg 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rouhollah Rostami Men's 80kg 234 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hamed Solhipour Men's 97kg 222 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Saman Razi Men's 107kg 231 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mansour Pourmirzaei Men's +107kg 241 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Shooting

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Iran entered five athletes into the Paralympic competition. All of them successfully broke the Paralympic qualification at the 2018 WSPS World Championships which was held in Cheongju, South Korea, 2019 WSPS World Cup which was held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates and 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.[10][11]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Women
Sareh Javanmardi Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 572 QF QPR 1 239.2 1st place, gold medalist(s) WR PR
Samira Eram Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 532 17 did not advance
Roghayeh Shojaei Women's R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 624.1 QF 4 163.0 6
Mixed
Sareh Javanmardi Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 539 QF 3 118.8 7
Samira Eram Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 465 34 did not advance
Roghayeh Shojaei Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 626.2 39 did not advance

Sitting Volleyball

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Iran's men's sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships.[12][13][14]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Iran men's Men's tournament  Germany
W 3–0
 Brazil
W 3–0
 China
W 3–0
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
W 3–0
 RPC
W 3–1
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

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Group play

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 3 9 0 MAX 225 177 1.271 Semifinals
2  Brazil 3 1 2 1 4 7 0.571 253 258 0.981
3  Germany 3 1 2 1 4 7 0.571 247 258 0.957 Fifth place match
4  China 3 1 2 1 4 7 0.571 241 273 0.883 Seventh place match
Source: TOCOG
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
10:00
v
Iran  3–0  Germany Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Vanessa Redes (BRA), Khalid Shanishah (LBA)
(25–23, 25–16, 25–17)
Results Statistics

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
20:30
v
Iran  3–0  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Ritsuto Yamamichi (JPN), Krisztina Árpás (HUN)
(25–19, 25–23, 25–22)
Results Statistics

31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
18:30
v
China  0–3  Iran Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Christina Fiebich (USA), Toomas Murulo (EST)
(21–25, 22–25, 14–25)
Results Statistics
Semi final
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
20:30
v
Iran  3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Andre Calado (BRA)
(25–16, 25–16, 25–17)
Results Statistics
Final
4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
19:00
v
2nd place, silver medalist(s) RPC  1–3  Iran 1st place, gold medalist(s) Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Benno Meijer (NED)
(21–25, 14–25, 25–19, 17–25)
Results Statistics

Taekwondo

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Iran qualified three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Two of them qualified by entered top six in the world ranking, while the other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals First repechage
round
Repechage
semi-final
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Men
Mahdi Pourrahnama Men's −75 kg Bye  Çelik (TUR)
W 37–21
 Dombayev (KAZ)
W 24–6
Bye Bye  García Lopez (MEX)
L 20–26
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asghar Aziziaghdam Men's +75 kg Bye  Molina (CRC)
W 11–9
 Ataev (RPC)
W 9–4
Bye Bye  Mikulić (CRO)
W 12–10
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Rayehe Shahab Women's +58 kg  Naimova (UZB)
L 9–30
did not advance  Mariscal (MEX)
W 17–10
 Akermach (MAR)
WWD
 Truesdale (GBR)
L 31–41
5

Wheelchair basketball

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Iran's men's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after finishing in top three at the 2019 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Pattaya, Thailand. The following is the Iran roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [15]

Islamic Rep. of Iran men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts.


4 Faleh Ayashi 33 – (1987-09-23)23 September 1987 2.0
5 Hassan Abdi 35 – (1985-11-22)22 November 1985 2.0
6 Amirreza Ahmadi 20 – (2000-10-16)16 October 2000 3.5
7 Mohsen Tolouei Tamardash 36 – (1985-04-05)5 April 1985 3.5
8 Vahid Saadatpoormoghadam 37 – (1984-08-20)20 August 1984 2.5
9 Danial Zakeri Dehvosta 33 – (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 1.0
10 Mohammad Mohammad Nezhad 29 – (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 1.0
11 Abdoljalil Gharanjik 34 – (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 1.5
12 Mohammadhassan Sayari 24 – (1997-08-17)17 August 1997 4.0
13 Reza Eivazi 22 – (1999-01-02)2 January 1999 4.0
14 Mojtaba Kamali 22 – (1998-10-09)9 October 1998 4.5
15 Iman Bagzadehfard 34 – (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 4.0
Head coach

Abbas Aghakoucheki

Assistant coach(es)
Kamal Eshgh
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Team Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Iran men's Men's tournament  Australia
L 39–81
 United States
L 41–65
 Algeria
W 81–47
 Great Britain
L 57–69
 Germany
L 53–56
5  South Korea
W 64–54
9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Islamic Republic of Iran". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. May 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26.
  2. ^ "Paralympic Games 2020 Qualification Places" (PDF). ianseo.net. 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Archery - Sport & NPC Entries by Event". Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. May 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30.
  4. ^ "Athletics - Sport & NPC Entries by Event". Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. May 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30.
  5. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Cycling Road - Sport & NPC Entries by Event". Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. May 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30.
  9. ^ "Cycling Track - Sport & NPC Entries by Event". Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. May 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30.
  10. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Shooting - Sport & NPC Entries by Event". Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. May 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30.
  12. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualification update". World ParaVolley. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Iran retain PVAO Men's Championship title". WorldParaVolley. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Iran win Men's Sitting Volleyball World Championships with straight sets victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina". Inside the Games. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Islamic Rep. of Iran men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.