Farzad Mansouri

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Farzad Mansouri
Personal information
NationalityAfghan
Born (2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 21)
Parwan
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
Sport Taekwondo

Farzad Mansouri (born 19 March 2002) is an Afghan taekwondo practitioner. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Mansouri and Kamia Yousufi carried Afghanistan's flag at the Opening Ceremony.

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Career

Farzad Mansouri won a silver medal at the 2019 Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Amman. [1] In 2021, Mansouri won a bronze medal in the 74 kg weight category at the 2021 Beirut Open Taekwondo Tournament. [2] [3] Mansouri will compete at the 2020 Olympics in the men's +80 kg event. [4] [5] He received a scholarship from the IOC as part of its Olympic Solidarity programme. [6]

Personal life

After the Fall of Kabul in 2021, he left the city. [7]

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References

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  5. Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". mastkd.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. "Taekwondo - MANSOURI Farzad". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. "Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer tells of escape from Kabul". The National. 25 August 2021.
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