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Kasra Mehdipournejad

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Kasra Mehdipournejad
Personal information
Native nameکسری مهدی پورنژاد
NationalityIranian
Born (1992-12-26) 26 December 1992 (age 31)
Isfahan, Iran
OccupationTaekwondo Practitioner
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryIran (until 2017)
SportTaekwondo
EventHeavyweight ( –80 kg)
Medal record
Representing  International Olympic Committee
Men's Taekwondo
Open Tournaments
Gold medal – first place 2019 Poland -74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Austria -74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Netherland -74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belgium -74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Austria -74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Germany -74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Luxembourg -74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Luxembourg -80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Estonia -80 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Solidarity Open -80

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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "هوگوپوش اصفهانی در اردوی جهانی/ ‌مهدی‌پور، شانس حضور در مسابقات کشورهای اسلامی". ایمنا (in Persian). 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  2. ^ "Dutch Open 2018 (G-1): Korea sets the standard in Seniors with 3 golds". WTM. Mar 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Simply Compete: Sports Management Platform / Austrian Open 2019". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  4. ^ "Simply Compete: Sports Management Platform". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
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