BAHMANYAR Sara

World Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -50kg
2018	Madrid, ESP	3

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -50kg
2019	Can Tho, VIE	5
2018	Amman, JOR	12

Karate 1 Premier League - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	Kumite -50kg	Moscow, RUS
1	2019	Kumite -50kg	Tokyo, JPN
3	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Istanbul, TUR
3	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Dubai, UAE
5	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Lisbon, POR
5	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Paris, FRA
9	2019	Kumite -50kg	Rabat, MAR
9	2018	Kumite -50kg	Rotterdam, NED
13	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Salzburg, AUT
13	2019	Kumite -50kg	Dubai, UAE
13	2018	Kumite -50kg	Istanbul, TUR

Karate 1 Series A - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2019	Kumite -50kg	Salzburg, AUT
2	2017	Kumite -50kg	Okinawa, JPN
5	2020	Kumite -50kg	Santiago, CHI
5	2017	Kumite -50kg	Istanbul, TUR
21	2019	Kumite -50kg	Istanbul, TUR

World Junior, Cadet & U21 Championships

Year	Location	-50kg Kumite W (U21)
2017	Tenerife, ESP	2

Shooting, fencing, supporting the Iranian national football team. (khabarvarzeshi.com, 27 Nov 2018)

Athlete

Physical Education - Islamic Azad University, Islamic Republic of Iran

English, Persian

Samaneh Khoshghadam [national], IRI; Fatemeh Ghasemi [national]

Her cousin Fatemeh Ghasemi has been a coach of the Iranian women's national karate team. Her sister has also been a coach in the sport. (razminews.ir, 03 Apr 2021; khabarvarzeshi.com, 27 Nov 2018)

She took up karate at age four, learning the sport from her mother and her cousin Fatemeh Ghasemi. (khabarvarzeshi.com, 27 Nov 2018)

She grew up in a sporting family. She decided to focus on kumite over kata after becoming a member of the Iranian national team. "Before joining the national team, I trained and competed in both events, but when I reached the national team, I entered a competition in kata and kumite and became a champion in both. I was immediately told that I had to choose one of them, so after consulting with my coach I chose kumite." (gilkhabar.ir, 12 Sep 2019; khabarvarzeshi.com, 27 Nov 2018)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (en.mehrnews.com, 20 Mar 2020)

Winning bronze in the kumite -50kg category at the 2018 World Championships in Madrid, Spain. (iwsports.ir, 19 Nov 2018)

Her sister, and coach Fatemeh Ghasemi. (gilkhabar.ir, 12 Sep 2019)

"When I enter the tatami for a fight, I do not pay attention to the names and medals of my opponents and only think about winning, so I attack boldly and without fear and take points from my opponents." (khabarvarzeshi.com, 27 Nov 2018)