Farzad Abdollahi ( fa, فرزاد عبداللهی, born 27 October 1990 in
Mianeh,
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 an Iranian
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
practitioner. He won the gold medal in the welterweight division (80 kg) at the
2011 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Team ranki ...
in
Gyeongju
Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, ...
,
South Korea
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Abdollahi is a cousin of another world taekwondo champion,
Yousef Karami
Yousef Karami ( fa, یوسف کرمی; born March 22, 1983, in Meyaneh, Iran) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He is also the 2003 world champion (in 78–84& ...
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References
Guangzhou 2010 profile
External links
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Iranian male taekwondo practitioners
1990 births
Living people
People from Mianeh
Sportspeople from East Azerbaijan province
Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran
Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
21st-century Iranian people
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