Iranian Taekwondo practitioner
Amir Mohammad Hosseini |
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Born | 7 November 1998
Tehran, Iran |
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Education | Air Force construction |
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Known for | Taekwondo athlete |
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Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
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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
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
Event
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G-Rank
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Event Date
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Location
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Place
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Ranking Points
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Manchester 2019 World Taekwondo Championships
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G-12
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15-19 May 2019
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Manchester, UK
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17
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12.70
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G4 Extra European Championships
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G-4
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1-3 November 2019
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Bari, Italy
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17
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4.23
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1st WTF President's Cup-European Region
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G-2
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7-10 April 2016
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Bonn, Germany
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17
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0.53
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Croatia Open 2019
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G-1
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9-10 November 2019
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Zagreb, Croatia
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5
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2.16
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German Open 2019
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G-1
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30-31 March 2019
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Hamburg, Germany
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5
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1.62
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Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships 2019
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G-1
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9-10 March 2019
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Eindhoven, Netherlands
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9
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1.13
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Greece Open 2018
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G-1
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19-21 October 2018
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Athens, Greece
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5
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1.62
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Polish Open Warsaw Cup 2018
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G-1
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14-16 September 2018
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Warsaw, Poland
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9
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1.13
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Belgian Open 2018 (Kyorugi Divisions)
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G-1
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16-18 March 2018
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Lommel, Belgium
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9
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0.76
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Slovenia Open 2018
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G-1
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24-25 February 2018
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Maribor, Slovenia
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9
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0.76
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Luxembourg Open 2016
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G-1
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9-10 July 2016
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Luxembourg
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9
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0.38
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Austrian Open 2016
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G-1
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4-5 June 2016
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Innsbruck, Austria
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5
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0.54
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GERMAN OPEN 2016
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G-1
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23-24 April 2016
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Hamburg, Germany
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2
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1.50
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