Mozhgan Rahmani (Persian: مژگان رحمانی, born December 31, 1989)[2] is an Iranian Darts player. Since 2017, she has been a member of the Iranian National Darts Team.[3] She is the first Iranian in Iran's Darts history to be inducted into Professional Darts Corporation.[4][5] She is an Iranian legionary in Malaysia's DURY team.[6] The only Iranian athlete interviewed by Sky Sports and RTL Group.
Mozhgan Rahmani | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Mozhgan Rahmani | ||||
Born | 31 December 1989 Tehran, Iran | ||||
Home town | Tehran, Iran | ||||
Darts information | |||||
Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
BDO | 2016–2020 | ||||
PDC | 2019– | ||||
WDF | 2016– | ||||
Current world ranking | (WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)[1] | ||||
Other tournament wins | |||||
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Career
editShe was the runner-up of IRIDA 2016 just five months after she started playing darts professionally 2016. Five months later, she earned runner-up in the world's ranking in Shiraz Open 2016.[7] In 2017 she became a member of Iran's darts national team and reached 28th place in the world ranking by winning the Shiraz open and Malaysia open.[8] She is the only Iranian who has played in the world PDC competitions.[9][10]
Achievements
editInternational
edit- In 2016, For the first time, Mozhan reached the championship stage of the competition and won the runner-up. She got 63 points in world's ranking (world ranking of 117).[11]
- In 2017, She participated in Shiraz Open and Malaysian Open. She won both of those competitions, earning 90 pts in Shiraz and 90v pts in Malaysia, reaching a world rank of 28.[12][8]
- In the 2018 Mediterranean open, she and her team won the competition by beating Turkey in the finals.
- In the 2018 Malaysia open, she reached the top 32 in individual and 8 in doubles.
- In 2019, Selangor opened (SO10); in individual play, she reached the top 8 and she got 22 world ranking points. In the threesome, she and her team came Runner's up.
- In 2019, Mozhgan participated in PDC Asian Tour Stage 5 and 6 in Tacloban, Philippines, representing her country for the first time in PDC. In the Philippines Open 2019, she reached the top 16.[10]
- She participated at the Bengal Rowing Club (BRC) tournament in India in 5 sections. In Women's Singles, she won the gold medal losing only one leg and winning all of her matches with a 3-0 result. In Mixed Doubles, she partnered with Nitin Kumar (PDC World Championship 2018 player), and they won first place by defeating an Australian team with 3-0 result. In Threesome, she won a runner up, and in open doubles, she reached the top 8 with her teammate "Asha", an Indian player. In the Team Event, her team reached the top 8. She was announced as the Player of the Tournament.
- In 2019, Mozhgan participated in PDC Asian Tour Stage 11 and 12 in Singapore, the only representing her country in PDC.also the only woman from Asia in Stage 11 PDC Asian Tour[13]
- Malaysia Open 2019, ladies champion.
- She participated at the Dutch Open 2020 in Assen. In the couple tournament on Friday, January 31st, she played with the Polish Monika van Malsen - Bakalarcyk. They reached the last 32 and lost to Winstanley Sutton. On Saturday, February first, she played in a single tournament. She lost in the third round.
- The only Iranian athlete interviewed by Sky Sports and RTL
National
edit- Runner up of Iran, June 2016
- Champion of Iran, March 2017
- Champion of Iran, June 2017
- Champion of Iran, September 2017
- Champion of Iran, December 2017
- Champion of Iran (Prime league), January 2018[14]
- Champion of Iran, March 2018
- Champion of Iran, June 2018
- Champion of Iran, September 2018
- Champion of Iran, March 2019
- Champion of Iran, June 2019
References
edit- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ رحمانی, مژگان (3 September 2016). "مژگان رحمانی". dartsmad.com (in Persian). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ رحمانی, مژگان (3 September 2016). "مژگان رحمانی". dartsiran.com (in Persian). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "برای نخستین بار نام ایران در فهرست پی دی سی قرار گرفت". خبر ورزش زنان | وسنا (in Persian). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "مژگان رحمانی بانوی طلایی دارت ایران باز هم خوش درخشید". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ رحمانی, مژگان (3 September 2016). "مژگان رحمانی". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ بانوی دارت باز ایران طلایی شد
- ^ a b News, Allsportspk (1 June 2018). "World Dart Rankings - 31st May 2018". AllSportsPK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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- ^ a b "برای نخستین بار نام ایران در فهرست پی دی سی قرار گرفت". خبر ورزش زنان | وسنا (in Persian). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Events, W. D. F. "Shiraz Open 2016, Iran – results – WDF". Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Events, W. D. F. "Darts Tournament Results – Shiraz Open 2017, Iran – WDF". Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "حضور یک بانوی ایرانی در معتبرترین مسابقه دارت دنیا/ رحمانی اولین لژیونر کشورمان میشود- اخبار رشته های و - اخبار ورزشی تسنیم - Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم - Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "مژگان-رحمانی-قهرمان-لیگ-برتر-دارت-بانوان-ایران-شد". 26 January 2019.