Bio

Javad Foroughi (Persian: جواد فروغی‎; born 11 September 1979) is a Iranian sport shooter, born in Ilam. He represented Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in Men's 10 metre air pistol and in Mixed 10 metre air rifle team. Foroughi competed in the men's 10 metre air pistol competition in the 2020 Olympics on 24 July. He qualified to the final, finishing 5th with a score of 580. In the final he started out in the lead in the 1st competition stage, scoring 101.0, a slight distance to 2nd place Pang Wei with 99.7. In the 2nd competition stage, Foroughi remained in the lead throughout the entire competition, finishing 1st and winning gold ahead of silver medalist Serbian Damir Mikec. Foroughi scored 244.8 and set a new Olympic record.