Iran team named for World Para Athletics Championships

July 1, 2017 - 10:43

Iran has announced a 20-strong team that will represent the country at the World Para Athletics Championships.

The prestigious competition will be held from 14-23 July in London.
 

The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships and the IAAF World Championships (August 4-13) will bring together 3000 athletes from more than 200 countries.
 

 It will be the first time the two events will be hosted by the same city in the same summer.

Iran Athletics Team:

Mohsen Kaedi – shot put and javelin F34

Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh – shot put and discus F34

Javad Hardani – shot put F38

Mohsen Majidi – discus F37

Mehdi Alizadeh – shot put F33

Jalil Bagheri – discus F56 and shot put F55

Ali Mohammadyari – discus F56

Aliasghar Javanmardi – shot put F35

Mehran Nekouei – shot put F35

Mohammad Khalvandi – javelin F57

Abdollah Heydari – javelin F57

Amanollah Papi – javelin F57

Sajjad Nikparast – javelin F13

Hamed Amiri – shot put F55 and javelin F54

Asadollah Azimi – shot put F53

Alireza Mokhtari Homami – shot put F53

Saman Pakbaz – shot put F12

Sajjad Mohammadian – shot put F42

Hashemieh Mottaghian – javelin F56

Fatemeh Montazeri – shot put F57