Iran at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Iran at the
Paralympics
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
Medals
Gold
67
Silver
48
Bronze
45
Total
160
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Iran first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1988, at the Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Italy 1960 Rome Did Not Participate
Japan 1964 Tokyo
Israel 1968 Tel Aviv
Germany 1972 Heidelberg
Canada 1976 Toronto
Netherlands 1980 Arnhem
United Kingdom 1984 Stoke Mandeville
South Korea 1988 Seoul 35 4 1 3 8 28
Spain 1992 Barcelona 29 1 2 1 4 37
United States 1996 Atlanta 30 9 5 3 17 20
Australia 2000 Sydney 40 12 4 7 23 16
Greece 2004 Athens 89 6 3 13 22 23
China 2008 Beijing 72 5 6 3 14 22
United Kingdom 2012 London 79 10 7 7 24 11
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 110 8 9 7 24 15
Japan 2020 Tokyo 62 12 11 1 24 13
France 2024 Paris - -
Total 67 48 45 160 30

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Sweden 1976 Örnsköldsvik Did Not Participate
Norway 1980 Geilo
Austria 1984 Innsbruck
Austria 1988 Innsbruck
France 1992 Albertville
Norway 1994 Lillehammer
Japan 1998 Nagano 2 0 0 0 0
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0
Italy 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0
Canada 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0
Russia 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 5 0 0 0 0
China 2022 Beijing 4 0 0 0 0
Italy 2026 Milano- Cortina - 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by Summer Sport

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 36 30 28 94
Powerlifting 12 10 10 32
Sitting Volleyball 7 2 0 9
Shooting 5 0 2 7
Archery 4 2 2 8
Judo 2 1 1 4
Taekwondo 1 1 0 2
Football 7-a-side 0 1 2 3
Football 5-a-side 0 1 0 1
Total 67 48 45 160

Medals by Winter Sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Total 0 0 0 0

Sport by year

Summer Paralympics

Sport 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
 
Archery 3 3 6 7 6 5
Athletics 16 14 7 12 28 14 16 26 16 9
Cycling 1 1 1 1 4
Football 5-a-side 10 10 2
Football 7-a-side 11 11 12 12 4
Goalball 6 6 4 3
Judo 4 5 6 3 2 5
Paracanoeing 1 2 2
Powerlifting 1 6 7 8 7 8 6 5 8
Shooting 5 6 9 3 2 6 3 7
Sitting volleyball 12 11 12 12 10 12 11 24 12 9
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 4 3 2 1 4
Taekwondo 3 1
Wheelchair basketball 12 12 12 12 4
Wheelchair tennis 1 1
Total 35 29 30 40 89 72 79 110 62 9

Winter Paralympics

Sport 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years
 
Alpine skiing 2 1 1 1 1 0 5
Cross-country skiing 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Snowboarding 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 2 1 1 1 1 5 6

Medalists

1988

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's discus throw 3
 Gold Hadi Yarahmadi Athletics Men's javelin throw 4
 Gold Javad Abdollahzadeh Athletics Men's javelin throw 5
 Gold Ali Kashfia
Mohammad Hossein Parastar
Kazem Esmaeilian
Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei
Mohammad Mostafavi
Ahmad Shivani
Mohsen Barati
Hadi Rezaei
Reza Gozali
Hossein Hashemi
Saeid Hanifi
Reza Bodaghi
Volleyball Men's sitting
 Silver Ahmad Rezaei Athletics Men's javelin throw L5
 Bronze Ali Asghar Hadizadeh Athletics Men's shot put L5
 Bronze Reza Chavoshi Athletics Men's discus throw 3
 Bronze Hassan Samavati Athletics Men's discus throw A1–3/A9/L3

1992

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Gholam Akhavan
Ahmad Shivani
Hadi Rezaei
Parviz Firouzi
Hassan Hashemi
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Hassan Mohammadi
Ali Golkar
Majid Soleimani
Ali Kashfia
Hassan Zendehgard
Volleyball Men's sitting
 Silver Hossein Agha-Barghchi Athletics Men's shot put C6
 Silver Avaz Azmoudeh Athletics Men's javelin throw THW4
 Bronze Hossein Agha-Barghchi Athletics Men's discus throw C7

1996

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's shot put F51
 Gold Hossein Agha-Barghchi Athletics Men's discus throw F35
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's discus throw F51
 Gold Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's discus throw F52
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's javelin throw F51
 Gold Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's javelin throw F53
 Gold Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F56
 Gold Enayatollah Bokharaei Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
 Gold Gholam Akhavan
Farshid Ashouri
Mohsen Barati
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Parviz Firouzi
Ali Kashfia
Hadi Rezaei
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Hassan Shahi
Ahmad Shivani
Majid Soleimani
Volleyball Men's sitting
 Silver Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's shot put F53
 Silver Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Athletics Men's shot put F55
 Silver Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's discus throw F53
 Silver Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Athletics Men's discus throw F55
 Silver Fereydoun Karimipour Powerlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F52
 Bronze Allahbakhsh Akbari Powerlifting Men's 60 kg
 Bronze Zeinal Siavoshani Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg

2000

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's shot put F52
 Gold Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's shot put F54
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's discus throw F52
 Gold Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's discus throw F53
 Gold Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's discus throw F54
 Gold Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Athletics Men's discus throw F56
 Gold Aref Khosravinia Athletics Men's discus throw F57
 Gold Avaz Azmoudeh Athletics Men's javelin throw F54
 Gold Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F57
 Gold Amrollah Dehghani Powerlifting Men's 100 kg
 Gold Enayatollah Bokharaei Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
 Gold Ali Eshghi
Hojjat Behravan
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Parviz Firouzi
Issa Zirahi
Jalil Imeri
Farshid Ashouri
Ali Golkar
Majid Soleimani
Ali Kashfia
Reza Peidayesh
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Volleyball Men's sitting
 Silver Dariush Namvar Athletics Men's discus throw F56
 Silver Fereydoun Karimipour Powerlifting Men's 56 kg
 Silver Mansour Dimasi Powerlifting Men's 75 kg
 Silver Saeid Bafandeh Powerlifting Men's 82.5 kg
 Bronze Abbas Mohseni Athletics Men's shot put F37
 Bronze Hossein Agha-Barghchi Athletics Men's discus throw F36
 Bronze Vahab Saalabi Athletics Men's javelin throw F42
 Bronze Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's javelin throw F52
 Bronze Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F53
 Bronze Allahbakhsh Akbari Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg
 Bronze Nayyereh Akef Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol SH1

2004

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh Athletics Men's discus throw F33/34
 Gold Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Athletics Men's discus throw F56
 Gold Ali Naderi Athletics Men's javelin throw F55/56
 Gold Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F57
 Gold Morteza Dashti Powerlifting Men's 48 kg
 Gold Kazem Rajabi Powerlifting Men's 100 kg
 Gold Habibollah Mousavi Powerlifting Men's +100 kg
 Silver Javad Hardani Athletics Men's discus throw F38
 Silver Jalil Bagheri Jeddi Athletics Men's discus throw F55
 Silver Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Saeid Ebrahimi
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramezan Salehi
Issa Zirahi
Volleyball Men's sitting
 Bronze Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei Athletics Men's shot put F33/34
 Bronze Asghar Zareeinejad Athletics Men's shot put F40
 Bronze Mehrdad Karamzadeh Athletics Men's shot put F42
 Bronze Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's discus throw F55
 Bronze Alireza Kamalifar Athletics Men's discus throw F58
 Bronze Vahab Saalabi Athletics Men's javelin throw F42
 Bronze Avaz Azmoudeh Athletics Men's javelin throw F54
 Bronze Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F52/53
 Bronze Azam Khodayari Athletics Women's discus throw F56–58
 Bronze Hani Asakereh Judo Men's 73 kg
 Bronze Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar Powerlifting Men's 52 kg
 Bronze Hamzeh Mohammadi Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg
 Bronze Reza Boroumand Powerlifting Men's 75 kg

2008

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Javad Hardani Athletics Men's discus throw F37/38
 Gold Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F57/58
 Gold Hamzeh Mohammadi Powerlifting Men's 60 kg
 Gold Kazem Rajabi Powerlifting Men's +100 kg
 Gold Mohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Imeri
Saeid Ebrahimi
Issa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi
Mohammad Khaleghi
Sitting volleyball Men
 Silver Mehrdad Karamzadeh Athletics Men's discus throw F42
 Silver Ali Mohammadyari Athletics Men's discus throw F55/56
 Silver Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54
 Silver Saeid Rahmati Judo Men's 60 kg
 Silver Ali Hosseini Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg
 Silver Majid Farzin Powerlifting Men's 75 kg
 Bronze Javad Hardani Athletics Men's javelin throw F37/38
 Bronze Habibollah Heidarimehr
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Bahman Ansari
Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Moslem Akbari
Ardeshir Mahini
Football 7-a-side Men
 Bronze Ali Sadeghzadeh Powerlifting Men's 100 kg

2012

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Zahra Nemati Archery Women's individual recurve W1/W2 4 September
 Gold Peyman Nasiri Athletics Men's 1500 m T20 4 September
 Gold Jalil Bagheri Jeddi Athletics Men's shot put F54/55/56 1 September
 Gold Javad Hardani Athletics Men's discus throw F37/38 7 September
 Gold Mohsen Kaedi Athletics Men's javelin throw F33/34 1 September
 Gold Mohammad Khalvandi Athletics Men's javelin throw F57/58 8 September
 Gold Nader Moradi Powerlifting Men's 60 kg 1 September
 Gold Ali Hosseini Powerlifting Men's 75 kg 3 September
 Gold Majid Farzin Powerlifting Men's 82.5 kg 4 September
 Gold Siamand Rahman Powerlifting Men's +100 kg 5 September
 Silver Mohsen Kaedi Athletics Men's shot put F34 4 September
 Silver Mehrdad Karam Zadeh Athletics Men's discus throw F42 2 September
 Silver Sajad Nikparast Athletics Men's javelin throw F12/13 5 September
 Silver Kamran Shokrisalari Athletics Men's javelin throw F42 7 September
 Silver Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F52/53 4 September
 Silver Rouhollah Rostami Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg 2 September
 Silver Volleyball team
  • Majid Lashgari
  • Reza Peidayesh
  • Davood Alipourian
  • Ahmad Eiri
  • Naser Hassanpour
  • Sadegh Bigdeli
  • Jalil Eimery (captain)
  • Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi
  • Isa Zirahi
  • Ramezan Salehi
  • Mohammad Khaleghi
Volleyball Men's volleyball 8 September
 Bronze Razieh Shir Mohammadi
Zahra Javanmard
Zahra Nemati
Archery Women's team recurve open 5 September
 Bronze Javad Hardani Athletics Men's shot put F37/38 5 September
 Bronze Ali Mohammadyari Athletics Men's discus throw F54/55/56 5 September
 Bronze Farzad Sepahvand Athletics Men's discus throw F44 6 September
 Bronze Football 7-a-side team
  • Mehran Nikoee Majd
  • Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi
  • Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
  • Morteza Heidari
  • Bahman Ansari
  • Hashem Rastegarimobin
  • Sadegh Hassani Baghi
  • Farzad Mehri
  • Jasem Bakhshi
  • Moslem Akbari (captain)
  • Rasoul Atashafrouz
  • Abdolreza Karimizadeh
Football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side 9 September
 Bronze Ali Sadeghzadeh Powerlifting Men's 100 kg 5 September
 Bronze Sareh Javanmardi Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 31 August

2016

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Gholamreza Rahimi Archery Men's individual recurve open 13 September
 Gold Zahra Nemati Archery Women's Individual recurve open 15 September
 Gold Mohammad Khalvandi Athletics Men's Javelin Throw–F57 12 September
 Gold Majid Farzin Powerlifting Men's 80 kg 12 September
 Gold Siamand Rahman Powerlifting Men's +107 kg 14 September
 Gold Sareh Javanmardi Shooting Women's 10m air pistol SH1 9 September
 Gold Shooting Mixed 50m pistol SH1 14 September
 Gold Sitting Volleyball team
  • Mehrzad Mehravan
  • Morteza Mehrzadselakjani
  • Majid Lashkarisanami
  • Davoud Alipourian (c)
  • Abolfazl Oliyaei
  • Ramezan Salehihajikolaei
  • Sadegh Bigdeli
  • Meisam Ali Pour
  • Hossein Golestani
  • Isa Zirahi
  • Arash Khormali
  • Mahdi Babadi
Sitting volleyball Sitting volleyball 18 September
 Silver Zahra Nemati
Ebrahim Ranjbar
Archery Team recurve open 11 September
 Silver Saman Pakbaz Athletics Men's Shot Put – F12 8 September
 Silver Alireza Ghaleh Naseri Athletics Men's Discus Throw – F56 10 September
 Silver Sajad Mohammadian Athletics Men's Shot Put – F42 12 September
 Silver Abdollah Heydari Athletics Men's Javelin Throw – F57 12 September
 Silver Sajad Nikparast Athletics Men's Javelin Throw – F13 14 September
 Silver Hamed Amiri Athletics Men's Shot Put – F55 16 September
 Silver Football 5-a-side team
  • Meysam Shojaeiyan
  • Behzad Zadaliasghari
  • Mohammadreza Mehninasab
  • Hossein Rajabpour (c)
  • Ahmadreza Shahhosseini
  • Sadegh Rahimighasr
  • Amir Pourrazavi
  • Mohammad Heidari
  • Rasool Baseri
  • Akbar Shoushtari
Football 5-a-side Football 5-a-side 17 September
 Silver Football 7-a-side team
  • Moslem Khazaei Pirsarabi
  • Hashem Rastegarimobin (c)
  • Lotfollah Jangjou
  • Rasoul Atashafrouz
  • Sadegh Hassani Baghi
  • Mohammad Kharat
  • Behnam Sohrabi
  • Hossein Tiz Bor
  • Mehdi Jamali
  • Jasem Bakhshi
  • Hassan Safari
  • Farzad Mehri
  • Moslem Akbari
  • Babak Safari
Football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side 16 September
 Bronze Ebrahim Ranjbar Archery Men's individual recurve open 13 September
 Bronze Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani Athletics Men's 1500m T20 13 September
 Bronze Asadollah Azimi Athletics Men's Shot Put – F53 14 September
 Bronze Javad Hardani Athletics Men's Javelin Throw – F38 15 September
 Bronze Mohsen Kaedi Athletics Men's Javelin Throw – F34 15 September
 Bronze Javid Ehsani Shakib Athletics Men's Shot Put – F57 17 September
 Bronze Ali Sadeghzadeh Powerlifting Men's –107 kg 14 September

2020

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Rouhollah Rostami Powerlifting Men's 80 kg 28 August
 Gold Vahid Nouri Judo Men's 90 kg 29 August
 Gold Mohammadreza Kheirollahzadeh Judo Men's +100 kg 29 August
 Gold Amir Khosravani Athletics Men's long jump T12 30 August
 Gold Mahdi Olad Athletics Men's shot put F11 30 August
 Gold Hashemiyeh Motaghian Athletics Women's javelin throw F56 31 August
 Gold Sareh Javanmardi Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August
 Gold Saeid Afrooz Athletics Men's javelin throw F34 1 September
 Gold Hamed Amiri Athletics Men's javelin throw F54 3 September
 Gold Iran men's national sitting volleyball team
  • Mehrzad Mehravan
  • Morteza Mehrzadselakjani
  • Meisam Ali Pour
  • Davoud Alipourian
  • Morteza Ramezani Gerakoei
  • Seyed Mohammed Hossein Hosseini Jed
  • Sadegh Bigdeli
  • Majid Lashkarisanami
  • Hossein Golestani
  • Mohammed Nemati
  • Ramezan Salehihajikolaei
  • Mahdi Babadi
Sitting volleyball Men's tournament 4 September
 Silver Amir Jafari Powerlifting Men's 65 kg 27 August
 Silver Amanolah Papi Athletics Men's javelin throw F57 28 August
 Silver Alireza Mokhtari Athletics Men's shot put F53 29 August
 Silver Hamed Solhipour Powerlifting Men's 97 kg 29 August
 Silver Mansour Pourmirzaei Powerlifting Men's +107 kg 30 August
 Silver Ramezan Biabani Archery Men's individual compound open 31 August
 Silver Sadegh Beit Sayah Athletics Men's javelin throw F41 4 September
 Silver Sajad Mohammadian Athletics Men's shot put F643 4 September
 Bronze Saman Razi Powerlifting Men's 107 kg 30 August

Multi medallists

This is a list of multiple gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won three or more gold medals.

Athlete Sport Paralympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ghader Modabber Athletics 1996–2000 5 0 1 6
Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics 1988–2004 4 2 1 7
Ali Kashfia Sitting volleyball 1988–2000 4 0 0 4
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics 1996–2008 4 0 0 4
Jalil Imeri Sitting volleyball 1996–2012 3 2 0 5
Issa Zirahi Sitting volleyball 2000–2016 3 2 0 5
Zahra Nemati Archery 2012–2020 3 1 1 5
Ali Golkar Sitting volleyball 1992–2004 3 1 0 4
Sareh Javanmardi Shooting 2012–2020 3 0 1 4
Parviz Firouzi Sitting volleyball 1992–2000 3 0 0 3
Hadi Rezaei Sitting volleyball 1988–1996 3 0 0 3
Ali Akbar Salavatian Sitting volleyball 1992–2000 3 0 0 3
Ahmad Shivani Sitting volleyball 1988–1996 3 0 0 3
Majid Soleimani Sitting volleyball 1992–2000 3 0 0 3

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