Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the NPC will symbolically celebrate the Day in Tehran’s Olympic and Paralympic Academy.

The main goals of the National Paralympic Committee are to introduce the Paralympic Movement to the Iranian society, contribute to the inclusion of people with disabilities, change attitudes towards people with disabilities and provide them with social opportunities.

“We are going to motivate the Iranian families to participate in the National Paralympic Day. This day provides an opportunity to make them familiar with the Paralympic Movement,” Iran’s NPC secretary general Mohammad Tabe told the reporters in a conference held in the Paralympic Committee’s headquarters.

“The children with impairment should be encouraged to participate in the sports. The National Paralympic Day can help us to identify the talented children as well,” he added.

Iran first celebrated the National Paralympic Day in 2003 and was included in the National Calendar by a Presidential order in 2016.

At the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Iran ended 13th in the medals table with 12 golds, 11 silvers and one bronze.

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The Iranian para athletes won historic 12 gold medals as well as 11 silvers and one bronze.

Iran sent 62 athletes to Tokyo in 10 sports.

The Persians finished 15th in 2016 with 24 medals after winning eight golds, nine silvers and seven bronzes.

About 4,400 competitors from more than 160 countries competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics before it was delayed by a year.

Gold medal winners:
Rouhollah Rostami – powerlifting
Vahid Nouri – judo
Mohammad Reza Kheirollahzade – judo
Amir Khosravani – long jump
Mahdi Olad – shot put
Hashemiyeh Motaghian – javelin throw
Sareh Javanmardi – shooting
Saeid Afrooz – javelin throw
Zahra Nemati – archery
Hamed Amiri – javelin throw
Asghar Azizi Aghdam – taekwondo
Iran sitting volleyball team

Silver medal winners:
Amir Jafari – powerlifting
Hamed Solhipour – powerlifting
Mansour Pourmirzaei – powerlifting
Ali Pirouj – javelin throw
Sadegh Beyt Sayah – javelin throw
Amanollah Papi – javelin throw
Alireza Mokhtari – shot put
Sajad Mohammadian – shot put
Mahdi Olad – discus throw
Ramezan Biabani – archery
Mahdi Pourrahnama – taekwondo

Bronze medal winner:
Saman Razi – powerlifting

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