Morteza Rostami ( fa, مرتضی رستمی; born January 28, 1980 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 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 ...

athlete who won a gold medal at the

2003 World Taekwondo Championships The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from 1 ...

. On his way to victory, he defeated Zrouri Abdelkader in the first round, Lipatov Ruslan in the second, Montesinos Ruben (the 2005 world champion) in the third, Zhu Feng, Kuzmanovic Milorad in the next two rounds, and Asidah Zakaria in the final.

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1980 births Living people Iranian male taekwondo practitioners Universiade bronze medalists for Iran Universiade medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Iranian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-taekwondo-bio-stub