By Farrokh Hesabi

Iran secures 32 Paris 2024 berths

April 23, 2024 - 12:22

TEHRAN – With the conclusion of the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships and the 2024 World Rowing Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta, Iran's contingent for the 2024 Paris Olympics has grown to 32 athletes.

The Greco-Roman wrsetlers secured two berths on Sunday, while rowing added four more. Artistic gymnast Mahdi Olfati made history on Monday by becoming the first Iranian gymnast to qualify for the Games in 60 years, bringing the total number of Iranian Olympians to 32.

Iran has so far secured Olympic berths in the following sports: Wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman), Weightlifting, Taekwondo, Cycling, Rowing, Fencing, Shooting and Gymnastics

Meet the Iranian Olympians:

Wrestling

Freestyle:

Rahman Amouzad (65kg)

Younes Emami (74kg)

Hassan Yazdani (86kg)

Amirali Azarpira (97kg)

Amir Hossein Zare (125kg)

Greco-Roman:

Mehdi Mohsennejad (60kg)

Mohammadreza Geraei (67kg)

Amin Kaviyaninejad (77kg)

Alireza Mohmadi (87kg)

Mohammadhadi Saravi (97kg)

Amin Mirzazadeh (130kg)

Shooting

Hanieh Rostamian (25m pistol)

Shahrin Shahnavazi (10m air rifle)

Fatemeh Amini (10m air rifle)

Mohammad Beiranvand (Trap)

Taekwondo

Mehran Barkhordari (-80kg)

Nahid Kiani (-57kg)

Mobina Nematzadeh (-49kg)

Aryan Saadatmand (80+kg)

Fencing

Ali Pakdaman, Mohammad Rahbari, Mohammad Fotouhi, Farzad Baher Arasbaran (Team and individual épée)

Weightlifting

Mirmostafa Javadi (89kg)
Ali Davoudi (109 kg and over)

Rowing

Mahsa Javar (Lightweight double sculls)

Zieyneb Norouzi (Lightweight double sculls)

Nabi Rezaei (Men's C1 1000m)

Fatemeh Majlesi (Women's single sculls)

Ali Aghamiri (Men's K1 1000m)

Cycling

 (Road)

Gymnastics

Mahdi Olfati

The 2024 Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11 in Paris. A total of 10,500 athletes from around the world are expected to compete in 329 events across 32 sports.