Zahra Nemati to Represent Iran in Asian Games


Zahra Nemati to Represent Iran in Asian Games

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian para archer Zahra Nemati will participate at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The 2018 Asian Games will be held in Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September.

Nemati will participate at the Asian Games for the first time after she represented Iran in the 2016 Olympic Game as a disabled archer.

Nemati did not win medal in Olympics but she earned a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympic at Women's individual recurve W1/W2 as well as a silver at Team recurve open.

Nemati was selected to compete for Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, held in London, where she won two medals, becoming the first Iranian woman to win a gold medal at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games.

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