Razieh Shirmohammadi (1976 or 1977- 25 June 2019) was an Iranian Paralympic archer. [1]
Shirmohammadi competed at the 2010 Asian Para Games, winning a gold medal. The following year, she won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Para Archery Championships. [2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Shirmohammadi and teammates Zahra Javanmard and Zahra Nemati won bronze medals in the women's team recurve open. [2]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. [2] Shirmohammadi won a gold medal in the compound women open competition at the 2017 World Para Archery Championships. [2] [3] The following year, she won silver in the Mixed Team Compound Open competition at the 2018 Asian Para Games. [4]
At the time of her death, she had recently won a quota spot for the 2020 Summer Paralympics through her results at the 2021 World Archery Para Championships in the Netherlands. [1] [5]
Shirmohammadi was born in Mashhad, Iran. [2]
Shirmohammadi died of a heart attack in 2019, aged 42. [1] [2]
In 2021, a bust of Shirmohammadi was unveiled at the Hall of Fame in Tehran. [6] [7]
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