Amir Mohammad Hosseini
Amir Mohammad Hosseini | |
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| Born | 7 November 1998 Tehran, Iran |
| Education | Air Force construction |
| Known for | Taekwondo athlete |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Amir Mohammad Hosseini (Persian: امیر محمد حسینی, born on 7 November 1998) is an Iranian Taekwondo practitioner who lives in Hamburg, Germany. He is an International Olympic Committee (IOC) refugee athlete scholarship holder for the Tokyo Olympic Games.[1] He participated in World Taekwondo Championships 2019[2] in Manchester and European Championships 2019[3] and also in European Taekwondo Championships 2021[4] as a refugee athlete. He won silver medal at the German Open 2016.[5]
Career[edit]
Hosseini was born in Tehran, and began Taekwondo at the age of eight. He left Iran for Germany in 2012[6] and started to participate at national and international tournaments in Europe the following year.[7] In 2019 he became one of only 50 people in the world to receive a scholarship for the Tokyo Olympics 2020[8] which was delayed until 2021 by the COVID-19.[9]
Events[edit]
| Event | G-Rank | Event Date | Location | Place | Ranking Points |
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| Manchester 2019 World Taekwondo Championships | G-12 | 15-19 May 2019 | Manchester, UK | 17 | 12.70 |
| G4 Extra European Championships | G-4 | 1-3 November 2019 | Bari, Italy | 17 | 4.23 |
| 1st WTF President's Cup-European Region | G-2 | 7-10 April 2016 | Bonn, Germany | 17 | 0.53 |
| Croatia Open 2019 | G-1 | 9-10 November 2019 | Zagreb, Croatia | 5 | 2.16 |
| German Open 2019 | G-1 | 30-31 March 2019 | Hamburg, Germany | 5 | 1.62 |
| Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships 2019 | G-1 | 9-10 March 2019 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 9 | 1.13 |
| Greece Open 2018 | G-1 | 19-21 October 2018 | Athens, Greece | 5 | 1.62 |
| Polish Open Warsaw Cup 2018 | G-1 | 14-16 September 2018 | Warsaw, Poland | 9 | 1.13 |
| Belgian Open 2018 (Kyorugi Divisions) | G-1 | 16-18 March 2018 | Lommel, Belgium | 9 | 0.76 |
| Slovenia Open 2018 | G-1 | 24-25 February 2018 | Maribor, Slovenia | 9 | 0.76 |
| Luxembourg Open 2016 | G-1 | 9-10 July 2016 | Luxembourg | 9 | 0.38 |
| Austrian Open 2016 | G-1 | 4-5 June 2016 | Innsbruck, Austria | 5 | 0.54 |
| GERMAN OPEN 2016 | G-1 | 23-24 April 2016 | Hamburg, Germany | 2 | 1.50 |
References[edit]
- ^ "refugee-olympic-team-tokyo-2020-shortlist-announced". Olympic channel.
- ^ "Event: Manchester 2019 World Taekwondo Championships". www.simplycompete.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "G4 Extra European Championships" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-01.
- ^ "2021 European Senior Championships - WT G4" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Taekwondoka überzeugen bei German Open". RP ONLINE (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "Official interview with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Tournaments". www.simplycompete.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12.
- ^ "scholarship holders in contention for Refugee Olympic Team at Tokyo 2020". www.insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 2019-06-20.
- ^ "Japan's Suga insists delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in 2021". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-02.
External links[edit]
- Amir Mohammad Hosseini at Olympic.org
- Amir Mohammad Hosseini at TaekwondoData.com
- Amir Mohammad Hosseini on Instagram
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