Kasra Mehdipournejad
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| Native name | کسری مهدی پورنژاد | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Taekwondo Practitioner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran (until 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Heavyweight ( –80 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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 participated in European qualification for Tokyo Olympic Games.
Personal life
On 8 January 2026, during the 2025–2026 Iranian protests, Mehdipournejad publicly opposed the Iranian government's internet blackouts in an attempt to quell the protests, and called for international forums to engage in dialogue with Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran.[3]
Medal records
- 2019
- Gold: Polish Open Warsaw Cup
- Silver: Austrian Open[4]
- 2018
- Gold: Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships
- Gold: Belgian Open 2018 (Kyorugi Divisions)
- Silver: German Open
- Silver: Austrian Open
- Bronze: Luxembourg Open (LuxOpen) [5]
References
- ^ "هوگوپوش اصفهانی در اردوی جهانی/ مهدیپور، شانس حضور در مسابقات کشورهای اسلامی". ایمنا (in Persian). 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Dutch Open 2018 (G-1): Korea sets the standard in Seniors with 3 golds". WTM. Mar 11, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ https://www.iranintl.com/202601091561
- ^ "Simply Compete: Sports Management Platform / Austrian Open 2019". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Simply Compete: Sports Management Platform". www.simplycompete.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
External links
- Kasra Mehdipournejad in TaekwondoData.com
- Kasra Mehdipournejad on Instagram