Iraq at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Iraq at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Iraq.svg
IPC code IRQ
NPC Iraqi National Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors19 in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Iraq competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Garrah Tnaiash Athletics Men's shot put F40 29 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Faris Abed Powerlifting Men's +107 kg 30 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wildan Nukhailawi Athletics Men's javelin throw F41 4 September

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 617
Powerlifting 426
Table Tennis 011
Wheelchair Fencing 303
Total14519

Archery

Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual compound open - SULAIMAN Sulaiman

Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual recurve open - AL-SAEDI Zaman

Athletics

Six athletes will be representing Iraq at the 2020 Summer Paralympics including reigning Paralympic champion Garrah Tnaiash in the men's shot put F40.

NumberAthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Men's Track
1 Ali Al-Rikabi Men's 400m T38 53.274 Q50.904
Men's Field
2 Kovan Abdulraheem Men's javelin throw F41 37.196
3 Wildan Nukhailawi Men's javelin throw F41 41.39Bronze medal icon.svg
4 Ahmed Naas Men's javelin throw F41 37.515
5 Hussein Khafaji Men's javelin throw F34 32.326
6 Garrah Tnaiash Men's shot put F40 11.15Silver medal icon.svg
Women's Track
7 Fatimah Suwaed Women's 100m T35 15.614 Q15.396
8 Fatimah Suwaed Women's 200m T35 32.795

Powerlifting

NumberAthleteEventResultRank
Men
1 Ali Al-Darraji Men's 54 kg 1375
2 Rasool Mohsin Men's 72 kg NM-
3 Abbas Naisan Men's 107 kg 2007
4 Faris Abed Men's +107 kg 228Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
5 Hanan Al-Majidi Women's 86 kg NM-
6 Huda Ali Women's +86 kg 908

Table tennis

Women
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Najlah Aldayyeni Individual C6 Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  Alieva  (RPC)
L 1-3
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)
L 1-3
3did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's foil A - AL-MADHKHOORI Zainulabdeen

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's épée A - AL-MADHKHOORI Zainulabdeen

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's épée B - ALI Ammar

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's sabre B - ALI Ammar

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's épée team - AL-MADHKHOORI Zainulabdeen / ALI Ammar / AL-OGAILI Hayder

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References

  1. "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | IPC". Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-23.