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Iran is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 2 5
Athletics TBA TBA 33
Cycling TBA TBA TBA
Football 5-a-side 10 0 10
Judo 4 0 4
Paracanoeing 0 1 1
Powerlifting 6 0 6
Shooting 1 3 4
Volleyball 11 11 22
Wheelchair basketball 12 0 12
Total 47 17 97

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]

5-a-side football

Main article: 5-a-side football at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Iran qualified for the Paralympics after finishing first at the 2015 IBSA Blind Football Aaian Championships. Iran opened round robin play 5 - 0 win against Malaysia. Next, they drew 0 - 0 with Japan. Their third game saw them crush India 10 - 0. They then drew 0 - 0 with China. Their last game of group play was a 4 - 0 win against South Korea. Their win put them second in round robin play. They met China in a single placement final, which they won in a 1 - 0 penalty shootout. Iran's Ahmadreza Shahhosseini was given the tournament's Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer. The team was coached by Javad Felfeli with Mohammadreza Shaddelbasir the team's guide. The rest of the playing roster included Meysam Shojaeiyan, Amir Pourrazavi, Hossein Rajab Pour, Morteza Ramezani, Sadegh Rahimighasr, Mohammad Heidari, Rasool Baseri, Mohmmad Reza Mehninasab and Behzad Zadaliasghari.[4][5]

7-a-side football

Main article: 7-a-side football at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Iran national 7-a-side football team qualified for the Rio Games after winning the tournament at the 2014 Asian Para Games, which served as the regional qualifier for Asia. They finished group play in first place on goal difference, with both Iran and Japan tied on points with 2 wins and 1 loss. Their loss came to Singapore, who beat them 0 - 3. They beat South Korea 10 - 0 and Japan 3 - 0. This qualified them for the gold medal match, which they won 5 - 0 after a low scoring first half that ended 1 - 0.[6][7]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Iran earned a spot in archery at the both 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the 2015 Asian Archery Championships as a result of performance of Zahra Nemati at the event. Should she compete in both, she will be the first archer to do so since Italy’s Paola Fantato did this at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.[8][9] She took up the sport in 2006, two years after a spinal-cord injury that occurred during an accident. Prior to that, she competed in taekwondo where she had a black belt. Six months after taking up the sport, she won the Iranian national championships. She competed at the 2011 Archery World Championships, and set four world records at the Italy hosted event.[8] She will go to Rio as a defending Paralympic gold medalist in the women's individual recurve W1/W2, and bronze medalist in the women's team recurve open. She also won gold at the 2013 World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. She also won a bronze medal at the same event.[8]

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Iran qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[10][11]

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Iran earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Shahla Behrouzirad earned the spot for Iran after finishing sixth in the women's KL3 event.[12][13]

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Siamand Rahma worked on qualifying for the 2016 Games at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships. Competing in the men’s over 107kg event, he set a new world record of 295kg on his way to winning gold.[14]

Sitting volleyball

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Women

Iran women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics after reaching the finals of the 2014 Asian Para Games, the first time the women's team had qualified for the Paralympics.[15][16] They won the event, after beating China who had previously qualified for the 2016 Games at the world championships earlier in the year in sets of 25-15, 25-12, and 25-15. Maleki Zeinab Dizicheh was one of the team's key players in the tournament.[17][16] In the year before the Games, the team trained in Isfahan, where there were 20 members at camp along with players from the junior national team.[15] Warm up events for the team include the March 2015 Intercontinental Cup.[15]

Men

Iran men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the World Championships.[16] Iran men's national sitting volleyball team were also in the qualification run for the 2016 Summer Paralympics at the 2014 Asian Para-Games, losing the gold medal match in sets of 25-12, 25-20, 29-27 against China men's national sitting volleyball team.[17]

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Iran earned a qualifying spot at this event in the P2 – 10m Air Pistol Women SH1 event as a result of Sareh Javanmardidodmani winning a gold medal. [18][19][20]

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Samira Eram in the P2 – 10m Air Pistol Women SH1 event. Because no woman qualified based on the criteria in P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event at this competition, an extra spot on the women's side was given in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1. Iran's Alieh Mahmoudikordkheili acquired this spot for her country.[19][21]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Mahdi Zamanishurabi earned a qualifying spot for their country in the P1- Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event. Masoumeh Khodabakhshi earned another qualifying spot for Iran in the R4- Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event.[19][22]

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Iran men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[23]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Blind Football Qualifying" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. ^ "IBSA BLIND FOOTBALL ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015, Tokyo, Japan" (PDF). International Blind Sports ASsociation. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ^ "CP Football Qualifying" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Rankings and Final results Asian Para Games, October 2014" (PDF). CPISRA. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Zahra Nemati". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. ^ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  10. ^ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  12. ^ "CANOE Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  13. ^ "2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships — Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Qualifier" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  14. ^ "The Paralympian" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  15. ^ a b c "Female sitting volleyballers qualify for Rio 2016". Rio 2016 Official Website. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  16. ^ a b c "Who is Rio bound for Sitting Volleyball?". World Para Volleyball. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Iran and China dominate at Incheon". World Para Volleyball. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  19. ^ a b c "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  20. ^ "Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  21. ^ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  22. ^ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  23. ^ "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheechair Basketball Canada. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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