Sareh Javanmardi

Sareh Javanmardi (Persian: ساره جوانمردی‎, born 5 December 1984) is an Iranian Paralympic shooter from Shiraz, Iran.[1] Also known as Sareh Javanmardidodmani[2][3] or Sareh Javanmardi Dodmani,[4] she is the first ever female gold medalist from Iran to win in the shooting category of the Paralympics Games.

Sareh Javanmardi
Javanmardi in 2016
Personal information
Native nameساره جوانمردی
Born5 December 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 35)
Medal record
Women's shooting para sport
Representing  Iran
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio10 m air pistol SH1
2016 RioMixed 50 m pistol SH1
2012 London10 m air pistol SH1

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 9 September,[5] she scored 193.4 points to win the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro in the P2 10m air pistol competition.[6]

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency she won her first medal on Friday.[7] 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.[8]

Awards
  • Voted as the Allianz Best Female Athlete of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games[9]
  • Chosen as best Asian female athlete with impairments in 2014 by the Asian Paralympic Committee.[5]

References
  1. "Sareh Javanmardi - Shooting Para sport". www.paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. "Sareh Javanmardidodmani - Shooting Para sport". m.paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  3. "Sareh Javanmardidodmani". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15.
  4. "Rio 2016 Paralympics: Iran's Sareh Javanmardi Dodmani wins historic gold at women shooting event". Tehran Times. Payvand. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  5. "Javanmardi Shoots to Win 1st Gold at Rio Paralympics". Financial Tribune. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  6. "Iran kicks off gold rush in Rio Paralympics". PressTV. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  7. "Two medals for Iran at Paralympic Games". Radio Zamaneh. Payvand News. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  8. "P2 rivalry sets stage for IPC Shooting World Cup". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  9. "Sareh Javanmardidodmani, Athlete of the Month September 2016". en.parasport.ir. IRI Sports Federation for the Disabled. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-26.


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