Iran at the 2019 World Beach Games explained

Noc:	IRI
Country:	Iran
Year:	2019
Games:	World Beach Games
Games Link:	2019 World Beach Games
Flagcaption:	Flag of Iran
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Rank:	20
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the inaugural World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 16 October 2019. In total, athletes representing Iran originally won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal.^[1] In February 2021 however, Iran's gold medallist, Pouya Rahmani, was found guilty of doping offences committed at the Games. He was stripped of his medal.^{[2] [3]}

Medal summary

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Karate kata	0	1	0	1
Beach soccer	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Pouya Rahmani	Beach wrestling	Men's +90 kg
	Fatemeh Sadeghi	Karate kata	Women's individual kata
	Men's team	Beach soccer	Men's tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. 2019 World Beach Games. 28 January 2020. 21 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200321222029/https://results.awbgqatar.com/#/awbg2019/schedule/disciplines. dead.
2. Web site: NOC strips wrestlers Rahmani and Genesis of World Beach Games medals . Michael . Pavitt . . 12 February 2021 . 14 August 2022 .
3. Web site: ANOC disqualifies results of two beach wrestlers from ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 for anti-doping offences . . 12 February 2021 . 14 August 2022 .