Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Iran at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Iran.svg
Flag of Iran
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in Tokyo
Competitors62 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Zahra Nemati &
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[]

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Competitors[]

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[]

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 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
W1 643 SB 6 Bye Bye   (CHN)
W 137–129 		 Drahonínský (CZE)
L 131–139 		 Hekimoğlu (TUR)
L 134–139 		4
Compound 699 PB 4   (RSA)
W 143–130 		 Forsberg (FIN)
L 143–145 		Did not advance
Ramezan Biabani 699 PB 2  Marchant (AUS)
W 141–139 		  (BEL)
W 143–142 		  (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
Compound 677 PB 12 Bye  Rubio (ESP)
W 140–134 		 Virgilio (ITA)
L 135–136 		Did not advance
Zahra Nemati Recurve 630 3 Bye   (RPC)
W 6–5 		  (BRA)
W 7–1 		  (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

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[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

16 athlete in 19 events are scheduled to represent Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Men's Track
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 N/A 31.35 1st place, gold medalist(s) PR
Saeid Afrooz Men's javelin throw F34 N/A 40.05 1st place, gold medalist(s) WR
Sadegh Beit Sayah Men's javelin throw F41 N/A 43.35 2nd place, silver medalist(s) PB
Amir Khosravani Men's long jump T12 N/A 7.21 1st place, gold medalist(s) PB
Men's discus throw F11 N/A 33.37 6 SB
Men's shot put F11 N/A 12.78 6 SB
Ali Pirouj Men's javelin throw F13 N/A 64.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s) PB
Alireza Mokhtari Men's shot put F53 N/A 8.48 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SB
Saman Pakbaz Men's shot put F12 N/A 14.29 5
Men's shot put F35 N/A 15.40 4
Sajad Mohammadian Men's shot put F63 N/A 14.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SB
Men's shot put F34 N/A 10.80 6 SB
Mahdi Olad Men's discus throw F11 N/A 40.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SB
Men's shot put F11 N/A 14.43 1st place, gold medalist(s) SB
Amanolah Papi Men's javelin throw F57 N/A 49.56 2nd place, silver medalist(s) AR
Women's Field
Hashemiyeh Motaghian Women's javelin throw F56 N/A 24.50 1st place, gold medalist(s) WR
Women's disk throw F53 N/A 12.49 6 AR

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete Event Time Rank
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[]

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Iran has qualified two athlete 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   (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   (JAM)
W 10s1–0s1 		 Gwang-geun (KOR)
W 10–0s1 		Bye Bye  Chikoidze (GEO)
W 10s1–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
Women's KL3 200m 54.755 4 SF 51.316 3 FA 52.789 7

Powerlifting[]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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[]

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Iran entered five athletes into the Paralympic competition. All of them successfully break 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 572 QF QPR 1 239.2 1st place, gold medalist(s) WR PR
532 17 Did not advance
624.1 QF 4 163.0 6
Mixed
Sareh Javanmardi 539 QF 3 118.8 7
465 34 Did not advance
626.2 39 Did not advance

Sitting Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 		 
W 3–0 		 
W 3–0 		1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
W 3–0 		 
W 3–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
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   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   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   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 		  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)   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[]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 		  (KAZ)
W 24–6 		Bye Bye  García Lopez (MEX)
L 20–26 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asghar Aziziaghdam Men's +75 kg Bye   (CRC)
W 11–9 		 Ataev (RPC)
W 9–4 		Bye Bye  Mikulić (CRO)
W 12–10 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Women's +58 kg  Naimova (UZB)
L 9–30 		Did not advance   (MEX)
W 17–10 		  (MAR)
WWD 		 Truesdale (GBR)
L 31–41 		5

Wheelchair basketball[]

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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.

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 N/A  South Korea
W 64–54 		9

See also[]

  • Iran at the Paralympics
  • Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References[]

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  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. ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-road/sport-and-npc-entries-by-event-islamic-rep-of-iran.htm
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