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Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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See also: Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Iran at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Iran
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors64 in 10 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Mohammadreza Mirshafiei
Hajar Safarzadeh
Flag bearer (closing)Ramezan Salehi
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
8
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
25
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Hajar Safarzadeh (left) and Mohammadreza Mirshafiei (right) during the opening flags parade

Iran competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 24 August to 5 September 2024. This was their tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.[1][2]

The Iranian roster featured a number of past Paralympians and Paralympic medalists, including woman shooter Sareh Javanmardi who won her fifth Paralympic medal with a gold medal, man para-athlete Saeid Afrooz who won his second Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's Javelin throw F34, powerlifter Rouhollah Rostami who won his third Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's 80kg and Iran men's national sitting volleyball team won their eighth Paralympic gold medal.

In this Paralympic games Fatemeh Hemmati won two silver medals in Archery.

Medalists

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Further information: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Sareh Javanmardi Shooting P2 – Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August
 Gold Amirhossein Alipour Darbeid Athletics Men's Shot put F11 2 September
 Gold Saeid Afrooz Athletics Men's Javelin throw F34 4 September
 Gold Rouhollah Rostami Powerlifting Men's 80kg 6 September
 Gold Iran men's national sitting volleyball team
 Sitting volleyball Men's tournament 6 September
 Gold Yasin Khosravi Athletics Men's Shot put F57 6 September
 Gold Aliakbar Gharibshahi Powerlifting Men's 107kg 8 September
 Gold Ahmad Aminzadeh Powerlifting Men's +107kg 8 September
 Silver Zahra Rahimi Taekwondo Women's 52 kg 29 August
 Silver Parastoo Habibi Athletics Women's Club throw F32 30 August
 Silver Zafar Zaker Athletics Men's Shot put F55 30 August
 Silver Fatemeh Hemmati Archery Women's individual compound open 31 August
 Silver Fatemeh Hemmati
Hadi Nori 		Archery Team compound 2 September
 Silver Mahdi Olad Athletics Men's Shot put F11 2 September
 Silver Hajar Safarzadeh Athletics Women's 400 m T12 3 September
 Silver Hassan Bajoulvand Athletics Men's Discus Throw F11 5 September
 Silver Meysam Banitaba Judo Men's -60 kg J1 5 September
 Silver Ali Pirouj Athletics Men's Javelin throw F13 5 September
 Bronze Alireza Bakht Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 31 August
 Bronze Hamed Haghshenas Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 31 August
 Bronze Alireza Mokhtari Athletics Men's Shot put F53 1 September
 Bronze Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri Archery Men's Individual recurve 4 September
 Bronze Mohsen Bakhtiar Powerlifting Men's 59kg 5 September
 Bronze Aliasghar Javanmardi Athletics Men's Shot put F35 5 September
 Bronze Elham Salehi Athletics Javelin throw F54 7 September

Competitors

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Source:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 2 6
Athletics 15 4 19
Goalball 6 0 6
Judo 2 0 2
Paracanoeing 1 1 2
Powerlifting 6 0 6
Shooting 1 3 4
Sitting volleyball 12 0 12
Swimming 2 0 2
Taekwondo 3 2 5
Total 52 12 64

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Iran entered seven athletes in all event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hadi Nouri Individual compound 682 22  Bonacina (ITA)
W 141–139 		 McQueen (GBR)
L 139–140 		Did not advance
Alisina Manshaezadeh 672 29  Tremblay (CAN)
L 135–140 		Did not advance
Gholamreza Rahimi Individual recurve 640 8  Setiawan (INA)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri 645 5  Musayev (AZE)
W 6–4 		 Selvathamby (MAS)
W 6–2 		 Savaş (TUR)
W 6–0 		 Singh (IND)
L 4–6 		 Kenton-Smith (AUS)
W 6–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Fatemeh Hemmati Individual compound 696 3 Q Bye  Lin (CHN)
W 142–138 		 Rigault-Chupin (FRA)
W 143–140 		 Pine (GBR)
W 146–143 		 Cüre (TUR)
L 141–144 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Somayeh Rahimi Individual recurve 574 12  Benhami (FRA)
W 6–0 		 Poimenidou (GRE)
W 6–0 		 Yang (CHN)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Fatemeh Hemmati
Hadi Nouri 		Team compound 1378 4 Q Bye  Brazil (BRA)
W 153–151 		 India (IND)
W 152–152 SO 		 Great Britain (GBR)
L 151–155 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Somayeh Rahimi
Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri 		Team recurve 1219 6  South Korea (KOR)
W 5–4 SO 		 Turkey (TUR)
L 2–6 		Did not advance

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Iranian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Hajar Safarzadeh 200 m T12 25.04 PB 1 Q 25.06 2 q 24.91 PB 4
400 m T12 56.34 AR 1 Q 56.07 AR 1 Q 55.39 AR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Ali Olfatnia Long jump T37 6.04 4
Mahdi Olad Shot put F11 13.89 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Amirhossein Alipour Darbeid 14.78 AR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Aliasghar Javanmardi Shot put F35 15.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alireza Mokhtari Shot put F53 8.69 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hamed Amiri Shot put F55 11.36 6
Zafar Zaker 11.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yasin Khosravi Shot put F57 15.96 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sajad Nikparast Javelin throw F13 60.44 5
Ali Pirouj 69.74 PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Saeid Afrooz Javelin throw F34 41.16 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sadegh Beit Sayah Javelin throw F41 DQ —
Erfan Bondori Deraznoei Javelin throw F54 29.12 5
Amanolah Papi Javelin throw F57 47.63 4
Mahdi Olad Discus Throw F11 39.15 4
Hassan Bajoulvand 41.75 PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mostafa Marian Discus Throw F56 DQ —
Women
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Elham Salehi Shot put F54 7.46 SB 5
Javelin throw F54 16.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hashemiyeh Motaghian Javelin throw F56 21.69 5
Parastoo Habibi Club throw F32 26.29 AR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Canoeing

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Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Iran earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Saeid Hosseinpoor Men's KL1 50.71 3 Q 49.53 1 Q 49.16 5
Shahla Behrouzirad Women's KL3 52.70 5 Q 52.12 4 Did not advance

Goalball

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Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Iran men's Men's tournament  France
W 12–8 		 Brazil
D 7–7 		 United States
L 7–14 		3 Q  Ukraine
L 3–6 		—  United States
W 4–3 		5

Men's tournament

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Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

The Iranian men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.[5]

Team roster

Coach: Bahman Dousti Vala

The following is the Iran squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
2 Mohammadmahdi Nafisinasab B3 (2003-04-05)5 April 2003 (aged 21)
3 Hassan Jafari B2 (1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (aged 34)
4 Mahdi Abbasi B1 (1998-11-02)2 November 1998 (aged 25)
6 Nematollah Sarafraz B2 (1985-06-22)22 June 1985 (aged 39)
7 Milad Souri B2 (1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 29)
8 Mohammad Parnia Jomairan B3 (1991-12-03)3 December 1991 (aged 32)
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 7 Quarter-finals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 27 24 +3 6
3  Iran 3 1 1 1 26 29 −3 4
4  France (H) 3 0 0 3 17 25 −8 0
Source: Paris 2024
(H) Hosts
France 8–12 Iran
  • Ouni 0', 9', 11', 15', 22'
  • Boualia 1'
  • Baich 13', 17'
 Report
Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Brazil 7–7 Iran
 Report
Referee:
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Iran 7–14 United States
 Report
Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)
Quarter-finals
Ukraine 6–3 Iran
 Report
Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)
Fifth place match
United States 3–4 Iran
 Report
Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

Judo

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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
Meysam Banitaba 60 kg J1 Bye  Zhu (CHN)
W 01–00 		 Parmar (IND)
W 10–00 		Bye  Bohjhj uamer (ALG)
L 00–01 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mousa Gholami 90 kg J1  Arstanbekov (KAZ)
W 10–00 		 Powell (GBR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Crețul (MDA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance 7

Powerlifting

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Men
Mohsen Bakhtiar Men's 59kg 197 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Amir Jafari Men's 65kg 206 4
Rouhollah Rostami Men's 80kg 242 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hamed Solhipour Men's 97kg 218 4
Aliakbar Gharibshahi Men's 107kg 252 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ahmad Aminzadeh Men's +107kg 263 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Iran entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[7]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Mohammadreza Mirshafiei P1 – 10 metre air pistol SH1 568 4 Q 111.7 8
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sareh Javanmardi P2 – 10 metre air pistol SH1 570 1 Q 236.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nasrin Shahi DSQ Did not advance
Roghayeh Shojaei R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 617.1 9 Did not advance
R8 – 50 m rifle 3 Positions SH1 1151 11 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sareh Javanmardi P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 542 4 Q 159.4 5
Mohammadreza Mirshafiei 523 18 Did not advance

Sitting volleyball

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See also: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Iran men's sitting volleyball team qualified for games after winning the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8]

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

Men's tournament

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Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Iran roster in the men's sitting volleyball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[9]

No. Player Position Date of birth (age)
1 Hamidreza Abbasifeshki Libero (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 23)
2 Morteza Mehrzad Opposite (1987-09-17)17 September 1987 (aged 36)
3 Meisam Ali Pour Opposite (1989-06-13)13 June 1989 (aged 35)
4 Davoud Alipourian Opposite (1985-05-06)6 May 1985 (aged 39)
5 Meysam Hajibabaei Movahhed Libero (1999-02-25)25 February 1999 (aged 25)
6 Mohammed Nemati Opposite (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 (aged 26)
7 Sadegh Bigdeli Middle Blocker (1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 40)
8 Majid Lashkarisanami Setter (1979-08-06)6 August 1979 (aged 45)
9 Hossein Golestani Middle Blocker (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 32)
10 Isa Zirahi Middle Blocker (1979-06-04)4 June 1979 (aged 45)
11 Ramezan Salehi Libero (1979-03-11)11 March 1979 (aged 45)
12 Mahdi Babadi Setter (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 33)
Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 3 9 0 MAX 225 132 1.705 Semifinals
2  Germany 3 2 1 2 6 4 1.500 223 213 1.047
3  Brazil 3 1 2 1 3 7 0.429 205 240 0.854 Fifth place match
4  Ukraine 3 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 201 269 0.747 Seventh place match
Source: Paris 2024
30 August 2024 (2024-08-30)
14:20
v 		Iran  3–0  Ukraine North Paris Arena, Paris
(25–13, 25–12, 25–18)
1 September 2024 (2024-09-01)
12:00
v 		Iran  3–0  Brazil North Paris Arena, Paris
(25–12, 25–13, 25–19)
3 September 2024 (2024-09-03)
14:00
v 		Germany  0–3  Iran North Paris Arena, Paris
(16–25, 13–25, 16–25)
Semifinals
5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)
14:00
v 		Iran  3–1  Egypt North Paris Arena, Paris
(25–14, 25–15, 20–25, 25–8)
Final
6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)
19:30
v 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–3  Iran North Paris Arena, Paris
(25–22, 28–30, 16–25, 14–25)

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Shahin Izadyar 100 m breaststroke SB9 1:13.04 7 Did not advance
Sina Zeyghaminejad 100 m breaststroke SB9 1:10.58 4 Q 1:12.96 8
200 m individual medley SM10 2:30.51 8 Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Iran entered six athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. The other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal match at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

Men
Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal match
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Saeid Sadeghianpour –63 kg  Jagiri (SOL)
W 28–2 		 Torquato (BRA)
L 10–22 		Did not advance  Milad (ISR)
L WDR 		Did not advance 7
Alireza Bakht –80 kg Bye  Dombayev (KAZ)
W 7–5 GDP 		 Toshtemirov (UZB)
L 12–18 		Bye  Spajić (SRB)
W 29–6 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hamed Haghshenas +80 kg Bye  Ludong (CHN)
W 19–16 		 Bush (GBR)
L 13–26 		Bye  Omirali (KAZ)
W 16–14 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Maryam Abdollahpour –47 kg Bye  Shao (CHN)
L 19–9 		Did not advance Bye  Phuangkitcha (THA)
L 4–4 		5
Zahra Rahimi –52 kg  Shao (CHN)
W 13–2 		 Stumpf (BRA)
W 6–4 		 Japaridze (GEO)
W 6–0 		Bye  Ulambayar (MGL)
L 2–5 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mainguy, Marie (2021-06-02). "The Paralympic Games of Paris 2024". Paris 2024. Retrieved 2023-04-23.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Paralympic. "NPC Iran gears up preparations for the Paris 2024". Paralympic. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  3. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/npc-entries/ir-iran
  4. ^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Goalball: Iran and China are the new Asia/Pacific champions". International Blind Sports Federation. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Goalball – Team Iran". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ Admin-AT (2022-11-12). "Mehrzad: We should be the heroes of our lives > World ParaVolley". World ParaVolley. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  9. ^ "Sitting volleyball – Team Iran". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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