Prior to her injuries, Nemati had been a
black belt in taekwondo. She took up archery in 2006 and within six months finished third in the National Championships, competing against able-bodied athletes. In para-archery events she competes in the
W2 classification. In the
women's recurve W1/W2 event she placed first in the ranking round with a score of 613 and received a bye to the round of 16 where she beat
Mariangela Perna of Italy 6–0. In the quarterfinals she defeated Turkey's
Gizem Girismen again by a score of 6–0 and advanced to the gold medal match by winning her semifinal against Italy's
Veronica Floreno 6–0. Nemati faced
Elisabetta Mijno of Italy in the final and secured the gold medal with a 7–3 win. She dedicated her gold medal to "all of the people who prayed for me to achieve this success." In the
women's team recurve, Nemati was part of the Iranian team alongside
Razieh Shir Mohammadi and
Zahra Javanmard. They placed second in the ranking round with 1646 points and defeated the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals the Iranian team lost to
South Korea by a score of 192–186 but went on to defeat
Italy 188–184 in the bronze medal match as Nemati claimed her second medal of the Games. At the
2013 World Para-archery Championships held in
Bangkok, Thailand, she won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve W2 and a bronze medal in the women's team recurve. In January 2016 she was selected to be the flag bearer for
the Iranian team during the
Parade of Nations at the
2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. ==Results==