He represented Iran until 2019 when he switched allegiance by representing Serbia through naturalisation. He has been involved in the sport for more than 15 years. He has beaten several Taekwondo notables such as Aaron Cook and Steven Lopez and was the world champion. Also he additionally won the gold medal in the welterweight division in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.[1] He is a participant of the 2016 Rio Olympics, but lost in the 1/04-Final against the Iranian born Azeri Milad Beigi[2][3] He won his second world title in 2022 World Taekwondo Championships, first time representing Serbia.
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^. Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
mehdi, khodabakhshi, persian, مهدی, خدابخشی, serbian, cyrillic, Махди, Ходабахши, born, april, 1991, tonekabon, iran, iranian, born, serbian, taekwondo, practitioner, times, world, champion, 2014, 2022, personal, informationnationalityiranian, serbianborn, 199. Mehdi Khodabakhshi Persian مهدی خدابخشی Serbian Cyrillic Mahdi Hodabahshi born April 21 1991 in Tonekabon Iran is an Iranian born Serbian Taekwondo practitioner He was two times world champion in 2014 and in 2022 Mehdi KhodabakhshiPersonal informationNationalityIranian SerbianBorn 1991 04 21 21 April 1991 age 31 Tonekabon IranHeight190 cm 6 ft 3 in SportSportTaekwondoMedal record Event 1st 2nd 3rdWorld Championships 2 European Championships 1 Asian Games 1 Asian Championships 1 1World Cup 1World Grand Prix 3 1 1Representing SerbiaWorld Championships2022 Guadalajara 87 kgEuropean Championships2021 Sofia 87 kgRepresenting IranWorld Championships2015 Chelyabinsk 80 kgAsian Games2014 Incheon 80 kgAsian Championships2014 Tashkent 80 kg2018 Ho Chi Minh City 80 kgIslamic Solidarity Games2013 Palembang 87 kgCareer EditHe represented Iran until 2019 when he switched allegiance by representing Serbia through naturalisation He has been involved in the sport for more than 15 years He has beaten several Taekwondo notables such as Aaron Cook and Steven Lopez and was the world champion Also he additionally won the gold medal in the welterweight division in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon 1 He is a participant of the 2016 Rio Olympics but lost in the 1 04 Final against the Iranian born Azeri Milad Beigi 2 3 He won his second world title in 2022 World Taekwondo Championships first time representing Serbia References Edit Biographies Mehdi Khodabakhshi Incheon 2014 official website Archived from the original on 7 October 2014 Retrieved 20 October 2014 2016 Rio Olympics Archived from the original on 2016 12 26 TaekwondoData External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mehdi Khodabakhshi Mehdi Khodabakhshi at TaekwondoData com This biographical article related to taekwondo in Iran is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mehdi Khodabakhshi amp oldid 1122681351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
