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Iranian Taekwondo practitioner (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kasra Mehdipournejad (Persian: کسری مهدیپورنژاد, born on 26 December 1992 in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner who lives in Berlin, Germany. Kasra is a part of Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Native name | کسری مهدی پورنژاد | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Iranian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Isfahan, Iran | 26 December 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Taekwondo Practitioner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Iran (until 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Heavyweight ( –80 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He started taekwondo at the age of 10 and became the champion of Iran several times and was invited to taekwondo national team of Iran.[1] He won the Iranian Taekwondo Super League twice with Azad university team. He left Iran in 2017 and applied for asylum in Germany. His first international competition was Deutsch Open and he won a gold medal in -74 kg category (after 6 fights) and 10 points for the Olympic rankings.[2]
In 2019, he participated in World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester as a refugee athlete and succeeded to hold scholarship of International Olympic committee refugee team for Tokyo Olympic Games.
He will participate in European qualification for Tokyo Olympic Games.
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