Kasra Mehdipournejad
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| Native name | کسری مهدی پورنژاد | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1992 Isfahan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Early life
[edit]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.
Medal records
[edit]- 2019
Gold: Polish Open Warsaw Cup
Silver: Austrian Open[3]
- 2018
- Gold: Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships
- Gold: Belgian Open 2018 (Kyorugi Divisions)
- Silver: German Open
- Silver: Austrian Open
Bronze: Luxembourg Open (LuxOpen) [4]
References
[edit]- ^ "هوگوپوش اصفهانی در اردوی جهانی/ مهدیپور، شانس حضور در مسابقات کشورهای اسلامی". ایمنا (in Persian). 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Dutch Open 2018 (G-1): Korea sets the standard in Seniors with 3 golds". WTM. Mar 11, 2018.
- ^ "Simply Compete: Sports Management Platform / Austrian Open 2019". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Simply Compete: Sports Management Platform". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
External links
[edit]- Kasra Mehdipournejad in TaekwondoData.com
- Kasra Mehdipournejad on Instagram
Iranian refugee and immigrant athletes | |
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- Living people
- 1992 births
- Sportspeople from Isfahan
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Iranian male taekwondo practitioners
- 21st-century Iranian sportsmen
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- Iranian refugees
- Iranian martial artists
- Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Iranian emigrants to Germany
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics