Sareh Javanmardi (, born 5 December 1984) is an Iranian Paralympic shooter from

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, Iran. Also known as Sareh Javanmardidodmani or Sareh Javanmardi Dodmani, she is the first ever female gold medalist from

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to win in the shooting category of the Paralympics Games.

Career

In 2012 Paralympic Games held in London, she won a bronze medal in P2 (10m air pistol SH1). Later in 2014, she was chosen as the best Asian female athlete with impairments by the

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. It was due to the two gold medals she won at the 2014

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held in Incheon, South Korea. At the

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on 9 September, she scored 193.4 points to win the gold medal at the

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in the P2 10m air pistol competition. According to the

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she won her first medal on Friday. In 2014, she will take part at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup which takes place in

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. There, she will compete against Olivera Nakovska-Bikova of Macedonia.

Awards

* Voted as the Allianz Best Female Athlete of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games * Chosen as best Asian female athlete with impairments in 2014 by the Asian Paralympic Committee.

Results

Paralympic Games 1 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 193.4 1 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 189.5 3 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2012 London, GBR 469.0 World Championships 1 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2018 Cheongju, KOR 237.6 1 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2018 Cheongju, KOR 224.5 1 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2014 Suhl, GER 195.6 2 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2019 Sydney, NSW, AUS 233.6 2 Women's P2 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 - Team 2014 Suhl, GER 1081 4 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2019 Sydney, NSW, AUS 183.8 4 Mixed P6 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 - Team 2019 Sydney, NSW, AUS 360.1 Asian Para Games 1 P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 2018 Jakarta, INA 237.6 1 P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 2018 Jakarta, INA 220.5

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* * 1984 births Living people Iranian female sport shooters Paralympic shooters for Iran Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Paralympic bronze medalists for Iran Paralympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Iranian sportswomen Sportspeople from Shiraz Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games {{Iran-sportshooting-bio-stub