Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (

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: محمد باقری معتمد‎, born January 24, 1986 in

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) is a former Iranian professional

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athlete. He won the gold medal in the featherweight division (-68 kg) at the

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and the Olympic Silver Medal at the

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He competed in the

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and defeated David Boy of the Central African Republic in the first game. In the second game, Ruhollah Nikpa, the bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics, was defeated, and in the fourth game, he won 5-5 against the Brazilian opponent with the votes of the judges. Won the silver medal at the London Olympicsbr>۱
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Biography

He started Taekwondo at the age of six and soon joined the national team
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Motamed joined the national team in 2001 and won 1 silver medal in the Taekwondo World Cup, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the Asian Championship. He also won 1 silver in the World Student Championships, 2 gold and 1 silver in the World Student Olympiad, and 1 silver in the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics
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Mohammad Bagheri Motamed won a gold medal in the 68 kg weight category at the Guangzhou Asian Games. Mohammad Bagheri Motamed lives in Tehran and his father and brother are also taekwondo athletes. He officially accepted the citizenship of

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in 2016 and was scheduled to work with the Azerbaijani Taekwondo team
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