Nasim Hassanpour Explained

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Nasim Hassanpour
Fullname:Nasim Hassanpour
Birth Date:25 August 1984
Birth Place:Tabriz, Iran
Weight:530NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Club:Azadi
Coach:Javad Kuhpayezadeh
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Nasim Hassanpour (Persian: نسیم حسن پور; born 25 August 1984 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian sport shooter.[1] She has been selected to compete for Iran at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won a bronze under junior division in air pistol shooting at the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on that same year.[2] Hassanpour also trains under her personal coach Javad Kuhpayezadeh for the national team, while shooting at Azadi Stadium's pistol range in Tehran.[2] [3]

Hassanpour qualified as the only female shooter for the Iranian squad in the 10 m air pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3] She had been granted an Olympic invitation for her country by ISSF, having registered a minimum qualifying score of 375 from her third-place finish at the Asian Championships few months earlier.[2] [4] [5] Hassanpour fired a steady 376 out of a possible 400 to force in a two-way tie with Australia's two-time Olympian Linda Ryan for twenty-eighth place in the qualifying round, failing to advance to the final.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Nasim Hassanpour. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/nasim-hassan-poor-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 25 August 2015.
  2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Nasim Hassanpour. ISSF. 26 August 2015.
  3. News: Miranda. Eeles. Iran's sportswomen adapt to religious custom. BBC News. 16 August 2004. 23 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification. PDF. Majority Sports. 10. 21 July 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf. 22 July 2015.
  5. News: Kathleen. Moore. Olympics 2004: Muslim Women Athletes Move Ahead, But Don't Leave Faith Behind. Radio Free Europe. 6 August 2004. 23 August 2015.
  6. Web site: Shooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol Prelims. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.