Iran at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...

 in Athens
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, Greece
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Competitors

Sport |Men |Women |Total
Archery
Archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics took place at the Olympic Baseball Centre in Athens. There were three categories:*W1 quadriplegic archers, or comparable disability, in wheelchairs*W2 paraplegic archers, or comparable disability, in wheelchairs...

3 3
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

25 3 28
Cycling
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, consisted of 31 events in two disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling took place at the Olympic Velodrome, and road cycling at Vouliagmeni.-Classifications and events:...

1 1
Football 7-a-side 11 11
Judo
Judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Judo in the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed by blind or vision-impaired judokas. The only classification was by body weight. The contests were staged in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.- Men :-Women:-Medal table:...

4 4
Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

8 8
Shooting
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Shooting in the 2004 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events spread over two main classes:* Class SH 1 - Pistol and rifle competitors who don't require a shooting stand...

6 3 9
Table tennis
Table Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Table Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Galatsi Olympic Hall from September 18 to September 27.Competitors were divided into ten classes according to the extent of their disability, with lower numbered classes corresponding to more severe disabilities...

3 3
Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's...

10 10
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair Basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged in the Olympic Indoor Hall from September 18 to September 28.Teams consisted of twelve players, of whom five were on court at any one time. Each player was rated between 0.5 and 4.5 points based on the extent of their disability, with...

12 12
Total 83 6 89

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
4 2 9 15
Judo
Judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Judo in the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed by blind or vision-impaired judokas. The only classification was by body weight. The contests were staged in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.- Men :-Women:-Medal table:...

 
1 1
Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
3 3 6
Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's...

 
1 1
Total 7 3 13 23

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh
Siamek Saleh-Farajzadeh is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F33 shot and discus events.Siamek competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics shot putt and won the gold medal in the F33-34 discus. Siamek was also due to take part in the discus in 2008 but did not...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's discus throw F33/34
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's discus throw F56
Ali Naderi  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's javelin throw F55/56
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Jaberi is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F57 javelin events.Mohammad Reza has competed in four paralympics and has won the javelin in all four...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's javelin throw F57
Morteza Dashti  Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
Men's 48 kg
Kazem Rajabi  Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
Men's 100 kg
Habibollah Mousavi  Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
Men's +100 kg
Javad Hardani
Javad Hardani
Javad Hardani is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Javad competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he won the F37/38 javelin and finished third in F37/38 discus.-External links:...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's discus throw F38
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F55 shot and discus events.Jalil competed in the shot putt and discus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a silver in the later event. In 2008 he competed in the shot putt but could only manage twelfth...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's discus throw F55
Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Saeid Ebrahimi
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramezan Salehi
Issa Zirahi 
Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's...

 
Men's sitting
Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei
Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei
Mohsen Amooaghaei is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F33-34 shot putt events.Mohsen competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a bronze medal in the F33-34 shot putt.-References:...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's shot put F33/34
Asghar Zareeinejad
Asghar Zareeinejad
Asghar Zareeinejad is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.Asghar competed in Athens in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning the bronze medal in the F40 shot putt.-References:...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's shot put F40
Mehrdad Karamzadeh  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's shot put F42
Mokhtar Nourafshan  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's discus throw F55
Alireza Kamalifar  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's discus throw F58
Vahab Saalabi  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's javelin throw F42
Avaz Azmoudeh  Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's javelin throw F54
Abdolreza Jokar
Abdolreza Jokar
Abdolreza Jokar is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 javelin events.Abdolreza has competed at three Paaralympic games. The first in 2000 where he won the F53 discus and the bronze medal in the F53 javelin...

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Men's javelin throw F52/53
Azam Khodayari
Azam Khodayari
Azam Khodayari is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F56/58 discus throw events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F56/58 discus throw event....

 
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:*Blind or visually impaired athletes - Sport classes 11 to 13....

 
Women's discus throw F56–58
Hani Asakereh  Judo
Judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Judo in the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed by blind or vision-impaired judokas. The only classification was by body weight. The contests were staged in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.- Men :-Women:-Medal table:...

 
Men's 73 kg
Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar  Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
Men's 52 kg
Hamzeh Mohammadi  Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
Men's 67.5 kg
Reza Boroumand  Powerlifting
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by...

 
Men's 75 kg

Archery

Men's recurve
Athlete Event Ranking round 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Score Rank
Ghasem Javani Individual standing 532 20
L 127–140
Did not advance 21
Heshmatollah Kazemi Individual standing 575 15
W 137–127

W 142–141

L 76–102
Did not advance 8
Majid Kehtari Individual W2 572 21
L 135–141
Did not advance 27
Ghasem Javani
Heshmatollah Kazemi
Majid Kehtari
Team open 1679 12
L 210–221
Did not advance 10

Athletics

Men
Athlete Event Result Score Rank
Yaghoub Pagheh Triple jump F46 13.46 5
Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei
Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei
Mohsen Amooaghaei is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F33-34 shot putt events.Mohsen competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a bronze medal in the F33-34 shot putt.-References:...

Shot put F33/34 9.30 969
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh
Siamek Saleh-Farajzadeh is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F33 shot and discus events.Siamek competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics shot putt and won the gold medal in the F33-34 discus. Siamek was also due to take part in the discus in 2008 but did not...

Shot put F33/34 8.76 829 9
Discus throw F33/34 39.12 WR 995
Abbas Mohsenizadeh Shot put F37 12.59 4
Javad Hardani
Javad Hardani
Javad Hardani is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Javad competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he won the F37/38 javelin and finished third in F37/38 discus.-External links:...

Shot put F38 12.12 4
Discus throw F38 43.27
Asghar Zareeinejad
Asghar Zareeinejad
Asghar Zareeinejad is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.Asghar competed in Athens in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning the bronze medal in the F40 shot putt.-References:...

Shot put F40 9.52
Mehrdad Karamzadeh Shot put F42 12.90
Farhad Raiga Shot put F42 12.37 5
Javad Mousavi Shot put F44/46 13.52 930 6
Alireza Yamousa Shot put F53 6.83 7
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F55 shot and discus events.Jalil competed in the shot putt and discus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a silver in the later event. In 2008 he competed in the shot putt but could only manage twelfth...

Shot put F56 10.35 7
Discus throw F55 34.64
Mohammad Hossein Firouzi Discus throw F53 17.33 8
Abdolreza Jokar
Abdolreza Jokar
Abdolreza Jokar is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 javelin events.Abdolreza has competed at three Paaralympic games. The first in 2000 where he won the F53 discus and the bronze medal in the F53 javelin...

Discus throw F53 19.13 5
Javelin throw F52/53 19.77 1032
Asadollah Azimi Discus throw F54 24.15 5
Ali Naderi Discus throw F55 27.62 9
Javelin throw F55/56 35.30 WR 1208
Mokhtar Nourafshan Discus throw F55 31.45
Javelin throw F55/56 Did not start
Mohammad Dabbaghzadeh Discus throw F56 34.99 4
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Discus throw F56 37.52 WR
Alireza Kamalifar Discus throw F58 52.35
Kazem Moradi Javelin throw F11 33.33 8
Erfan Hosseini Javelin throw F12 50.76 4
Vahab Saalabi Javelin throw F42 46.91
Avaz Azmoudeh Javelin throw F54 26.16
Hassan Houshyar Javelin throw F55/56 27.67 947 7
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Jaberi is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F57 javelin events.Mohammad Reza has competed in four paralympics and has won the javelin in all four...

Javelin throw F57 40.71 PR


Women
Athlete Event Result Score Rank
Fatemeh Montazeri Shot put F56–58 8.36 913 4
Discus throw F56–58 No mark
Azam Khodayari
Azam Khodayari
Azam Khodayari is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F56/58 discus throw events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F56/58 discus throw event....

Discus throw F56–58 24.86 1050
Zahra Taghibeigloo Javelin throw F56–58 24.02 961 5

Cycling

Men's road
Athlete Event Score Rank
Mahmoud Meili Bicycle road race / time trial LC 3 26 13


Men's track
Athlete Event Real time Result Rank
Mahmoud Meili Bicycle 1 km time trial LC1–4 1:33.726 1:21.509 33

Football 7-a-side

Men
Squad list Preliminaries Semifinal Final Rank
Pool A Rank
Nasser Hosseinifar
Houshang Khosravani
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Javad Mansour-Fallah
Naghi Kamani
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Majid Mashhadi
Ardeshir Mahini
Mohammad Reza Khedri
Coach: Alireza Raadi

D 2–2
3 Did not advance 5th place match

W 3–0
5

L 2–6

W 7–2

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage final Final Rank
Saeid Rahmati 60 kg
W 1021–0000

W 0210–0000

L 0000–1000
3rd place match

L 0011–0012
5
Hani Asakereh 73 kg
W 1001–0010

L 0000–0001
Bye Repechage

W 1000–0000
3rd place match

W 0210–0000
Amir Mirhassan Nattaj 90 kg
L 0022–0200
Did not advance 11
Reza Arshad 100 kg
L 0001–0110
Did not advance
W 1000–0000

L 0001–0201
Did not advance 7

Powerlifting

Men
Athlete Event Result Rank
Morteza Dashti 48 kg 167.5
Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar 52 kg 165.0
Ali Hosseini 60 kg 192.5
Hamzeh Mohammadi 67.5 kg 200.0
Reza Boroumand 75 kg 195.0
Saeid Bafandeh 82.5 kg No mark
Kazem Rajabi 100 kg 242.5 WR
Habibollah Mousavi +100 kg 250.0 WR

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Jamal Asadi 10 m air pistol SH1 554 14 Did not advance
Ramezan Salehnejad 10 m air rifle standing SH1 583 10 Did not advance


Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Nayyereh Akef 10 m air pistol SH1 362 6 81.8 443.8 8
Sedigheh Barmaki 10 m air rifle standing SH1 387 4 99.9 486.9 5
Mahnaz Marzabadi 10 m air rifle standing SH1 374 15 Did not advance


Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Nayyereh Akef 50 m free pistol SH1 506 19 Did not advance
Jamal Asadi 50 m free pistol SH1 521 9 Did not advance
Hassan Akbari 10 m air rifle prone SH1 597 14 Did not advance
50 m free rifle prone SH1 581 15 Did not advance
Enayatollah Bokharaei 10 m air rifle prone SH1 596 22 Did not advance
50 m free rifle prone SH1 581 15 Did not advance
Akbar Alipour 10 m air rifle prone SH2 597 12 Did not advance
Ayatollah Heidari 10 m air rifle prone SH2 597 12 Did not advance

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Groups Rank
Aghil Alimardani Singles 2
L 1–3
Group A
4
Did not advance 14

L 0–3

L 0–3
Abbas Alimardani Singles 9
L 0–3
Group E
3
Did not advance 13

W 3–1

L 0–3
Behnam Rahbari Singles 9
L 0–3
Group D
3
Did not advance 14

W 3–2

L 0–3
Abbas Alimardani
Behnam Rahbari
Team 9
L 0–3
Group B
4
Did not advance 7

L 1–3

L 1–3

Volleyball

Men's sitting
Squad list Preliminaries Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Pool A Rank
Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Saeid Ebrahimi
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramezan Salehi
Issa Zirahi
Coach: Hadi Rezaei

W 3–0
25–6, 25–13, 25–10
1
W 3–0
25–10, 25–7, 25–11

W 3–0
25–18, 25–19, 25–22

L 2–3
23–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–27, 10–15

W 3–0
25–20, 25–23, 25–18

W 3–0
25–12, 25–17, 25–17

Wheelchair basketball

Men
Squad list Preliminaries Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Group B Rank
Majid Mokhtari
Ahmad Daghaghelehpour
Alireza Ahmadi
Morteza Gharibloo
Adel Torfi
Zakaria Hesamizadeh
Ebrahim Taghiloo
Alireza Danesh
Mohammad Reza Karimi
Gholamreza Nami
Bahman Seifi
Abolfazl Mousavi
Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava

L 51–83
5 Did not advance 9th place match

W 67–63
9

L 53–67

L 57–79

W 81–33

L 50–73
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