Iran at the World Games

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Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is participating in World Games since 1993. [1]

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Medal table

Medals by games

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1981–1989Did not participate
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1993 The Hague 001145
Flag of Finland.svg 1997 Lahti 001144
Flag of Japan.svg 2001 Akita 0000
Flag of Germany.svg 2005 Duisburg Did not participate
Flag of the Republic of China.svg 2009 Kaohsiung 0000
Flag of Colombia.svg 2013 Cali 011250
Flag of Poland.svg 2017 Wrocław 2811124
Flag of the United States.svg 2022 Birmingham Did not participate
Total29415

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Archery pictogram.svg  Archery 0101
Cue sports pictogram.svg  Cue sports 0011
Jujitsu pictogram.svg  Ju-jitsu 0213
Karate pictogram.svg  Karate 1427
Muay Thai pictogram.svg  Muaythai 0202
Climbing pictogram.svg  Sport climbing 1001
Total29415

List of medalists

Official sports

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Saeid Ashtian 1993 The Hague Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alireza Katiraei 1997 Lahti Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Masoud Jalilvand 2013 Cali Ju-jitsu Men's fighting 85 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohsen Hamidi 2013 Cali Ju-jitsu Men's fighting 94 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Zabihollah Pourshab 2017 Wrocław Karate Men's kumite 84 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Reza Alipour 2017 Wrocław Sport climbing Men's speed
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Esmaeil Ebadi 2017 Wrocław Archery Men's individual compound
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohsen Hamidi 2017 Wrocław Ju-jitsu Men's fighting 94 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Amir Mehdizadeh 2017 Wrocław Karate Men's kumite 60 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Asghar Asiabari 2017 Wrocław Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sajjad Ganjzadeh 2017 Wrocław Karate Men's kumite +84 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hamideh Abbasali 2017 Wrocław Karate Women's kumite +68 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Zarinfar 2017 Wrocław Muaythai Men's 63.5 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Masoud Minaei 2017 Wrocław Muaythai Men's 71 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Soheil Vahedi 2017 Wrocław Cue sports Open snooker

Invitational sports

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hamid Reza Gholipour 2009 Kaohsiung Wushu Men's sanda 85 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Zahra Karimi 2009 Kaohsiung Wushu Women's sanda 60 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Farshad Arabi 2009 Kaohsiung Wushu Men's nanquan & nangun
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Maryam Tavakkoli 2009 Kaohsiung Wushu Women's sanda 52 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Farshad Arabi 2013 Cali Wushu Men's nanquan & nangun
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohsen Mohammadseifi 2013 Cali Wushu Men's sanda 65 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Javad Aghaei 2013 Cali Wushu Men's sanda 75 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hamid Reza Gholipour 2013 Cali Wushu Men's sanda 85 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Omid Nosrati 2017 Wrocław Kickboxing Men's K1 86 kg

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References

  1. "Results history". Theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2019-10-16.