Sareh Javanmardi

Sareh Javanmardi
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Women's Shooting sport
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroShooting - Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1
2016 Rio de JaneiroShooting – Mixed 50m pistol SH1
2012 LondonShooting

Sareh Javanmardi (born 5 December 1984) is an Iranian Paralympic shooter from shiraz, Iran.[1] She is the first ever female gold medalist from Iran to win in the shooting category of the Paralympics Games.

Career

In 2012 Paralympic Games held in London, she won a bronze medal in P2 (10m air pistol SH1).[2]

Later in 2014, she was chosen as the best Asian female athlete with impairments by the Asian Paralympic Committee. It was due to the two gold medals she won at the 2014 Asian Para Games held in Incheon, South Korea.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics on September 9,[3] she scored 193.4 points to win the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro in the P2 10m air pistol competition.[4]

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency she won her first medal on Friday.[5] In 2014, she will take part at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup which takes place in Szczecin, Poland. There, she will compete against Olivera Nakovska-Bikova of Macedonia.[6]

Awards

  • Voted as the Allianz Best Female Athlete of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games[7]
  • Chosen as best Asian female athlete with impairments in 2014 by the Asian Paralympic Committee.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sareh Javanmardidodmani - Shooting Para sport | Paralympic Athlete Profile". m.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Sareh Javanmardidodmani - Shooting Para sport | Paralympic Athlete Profile". m.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Javanmardi Shoots to Win 1st Gold at Rio Paralympics". Financial Tribune. 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  4. ↑ "PressTV-Iran kicks off gold rush in Rio Paralympics". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  5. ↑ "Two medals for Iran at Paralympic Games". Radio Zamaneh. Payvand News. September 1, 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "P2 rivalry sets stage for IPC Shooting World Cup". IPC. August 5, 2014. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sareh Javanmardidodmani, Athlete of the Month September 2016 | IRI Sports Federation for the Disabled". en.parasport.ir. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  8. ↑ "Javanmardi Shoots to Win 1st Gold at Rio Paralympics". Financial Tribune. 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2017-08-26.


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