TEHRAN – Iranian para-athletes shone in Paris Paralympics with a record haul of 26 medals and came 14th in the games, which ended Sunday night.
China finished top of the Paralympics medals table with 220, including 94 golds, after all events were completed on the final day of competition. The country has led the way at every Paralympics since Athens 2004.
Britain finished second in Paris with 124 medals followed by the United States with 105.
The Iranian athletes claimed eight gold medals, 10 silvers and seven bronzes in the Games.
Gold Medal Winners:
Sareh Javanmardi: shooting (P2 – Women’s 10 meter air pistol SH1)
Amirhussein Alipour Darbeid: Men’s Shot put F1
Saeid Afrooz: Men’s Javelin throw F34
Yasin Khosravi: Men’s Shot put F57.
Rouhollah Rostami: Powerlifting Men’s 80kg
Aliakbar Gharibshahi: Powerlifting Men’s 107kg
Ahmad Aminzadeh: Powerlifting Men’s +107kg
Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball
Silver Medal Winners:
Zahra Rahimi: Taekwondo Women’s 52 kg.
Parastoo Habibi: Women’s Club throw F32
Zafar Zaker: Men’s Shot put F55
Fatemeh Hemmati: Archery Women’s individual compound
Fatemeh Hemmati, Hadi Nori: Archery Team compound
Mahdi Olad: Men’s Shot put F11
Hajar Safarzadeh: Women’s 400 m T12
Hassan Bajoulvand: Men’s Discus Throw F11
Meysam Banitaba: Judo Men’s -60 kg J1
Ali Pirouj: Men’s Javelin throw F13
Bronze Medal Winners:
Alireza Bakht: Taekwondo Men’s 80 kg
Hamed Haghshenas: Taekwondo Men’s +80 kg
Alireza Mokhtari: Men’s Shot put F53
Muhammad Reza Arab Ameri: Archery Men’s Individual Recurve
Mohsen Bakhtiar: Powerlifting Men’s 59kg
Ali Asghar Javanmardi: Men’s Shot put F35
Elham Salehi: Women’s Javelin throw F54.