IRNA � Iranian recurve athlete Zahra Nemati has been elected as the best female Para archer of the year 2016.


Nemati, the Paralympic gold medalist, clinched the valuable title after the poll taken from 43,000 people and experts in February, 2017sports, National Olympic Committee of Iran reported on Monday.

She was named as the best female Para archer of year 2016 during the Las Vegas 2017 Indoor Archery World Cup.

Being paralyzed in an accident in 2003, Nemati did successfully start her presence in Paralympic scenes. She has records of medals, among which the gold medals of London Paralympics 2012 and Rio Paralympics 2016 are the most valuable.