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| Nationality | Iranian, Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33) Tonekabon, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mehdi Khodabakhshi (Persian: مهدی خدابخشی, Serbian Cyrillic: Махди Ходабахши; 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.
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. Additionally, he won the gold medal in the welterweight division in the 2014 Asian GamesinIncheon.[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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 Hur Song (KOR) Kim Sang-chun (KOR) Kim Sang-chun (KOR) Lee Dong-jun (KOR) Lee Dong-jun (KOR) Lee Kye-haeng (KOR) Jeong Yong-suk (KOR) Yoon Soon-cheol (KOR) Mickaël Meloul (FRA) Lee Dong-wan (KOR) Lee Dong-wan (KOR) Majid Aflaki (IRI) Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) Yousef Karami (IRI) Oh Seon-taek (KOR) Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) Yousef Karami (IRI) Rafael Alba (CUB) Radik Isayev (AZE) Alexander Bachmann (GER) Vladislav Larin (RUS) Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB) Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) | |
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Yoo Yong-hap (KOR) Óscar Mendiola (MEX) Park Cheon-jae (KOR) Yılmaz Helvacıoğlu (TUR) Jeong Kook-hyun (KOR) Jeong Kook-hyun (KOR) Lee Hyun-suk (KOR) Park Yong-woon (KOR) Lim Yong-ho (KOR) José Jesús Márquez (ESP) José Jesús Márquez (ESP) Jang Jong-oh (KOR) Mamedy Doucara (FRA) Steven López (USA) Steven López (USA) Steven López (USA) Steven López (USA) Farzad Abdollahi (IRI) Tahir Güleç (GER) Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) Milad Beigi (AZE) Milad Beigi (AZE) Park Woo-hyeok (KOR) Simone Alessio (ITA) | |
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