Ali Tajik ( fa, علی تاجیک; born August 1, 1976 in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

) is a retired Iranian Taekwondo athlete who won a silver medal at the 2001 world Taekwondo cup and another silver medal at the

2005 World Taekwondo Championships The 2005 World Taekwondo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 13 to 17 April 2005. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranking South Korea won both men’s and ...

. In the latter competition, he managed to reach the final and was only defeated by

Steven Lopez Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

, one of this sport's greatest champions.

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Iranian male taekwondo practitioners Living people 1976 births Universiade silver medalists for Iran Universiade medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Iranian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-taekwondo-bio-stub