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| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1994 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Isfahan, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | K44 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hamed Haghshenas (born 23 March 1994) is an Iranian para taekwondo practitioner. He represented Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Haghshenas represented Iran at the 2022 Asian Para Games and won a gold medal in the +80 kg category. [2]
He represented Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the +80 kg category. [1]
Mohammad Khalvandi is an Iranian-born Turkish Paralympian athlete who competes in the disability class F58 of javelin throw event. He is Paralympics, world and European champion, and world and European record holder.
Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Ulugbek Rashitov is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the Men's 68 kg event at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 58 kg event at the Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.
Kabiraj Negi Lama is a notable figure in Nepalese Para Taekwondo and a successful coach who has made significant contributions to the sport in Nepal. Under his coaching, Nepal has won 11 international official medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze. He is a former Nepalese Taekwondo player and the coach of the Nepal National Para Taekwondo Team for both the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics and Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics. He has participated in various taekwondo competitions. He is also the grandson of former minister Tilak Bahadur Negi Lama.
Lisa Kjær Gjessing is a Danish parataekwondo practitioner. Gjessing is a Paralympic gold medalist, four-time world champion and three-time European champion.
Palesha Goverdhan is a Nepali parataekwondo practitioner. In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 58 kg category. Three years later, Goverdhan competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal, becoming the first Nepalese athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics.
Taekwondo made its debut as an Asian Para Games sport during the 2022 version of the games, held in Hangzhou, China. 77 fighters from 17 nations took part in the competition, fighting in ten weight categories. Competitors qualified under the K44 designation, which includes athletes with unilateral arm amputation or similar imparemnet, or loss of toes affecting the ability to lift the heel.
Ulambayaryn Sürenjav is a Mongolian parataekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the –52 kg category. She also won a bronze medal at the World Para Taekwondo Championships in 2023.
Ziyodakhon Isakova is an Uzbekistani parataekwondo practitioner. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the –49 kg category, having qualified via World Ranking. Isakova also won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in the 47 kg event. She competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the –52 kg category, winning silver.
Zahra Rahimi is an Iranian para taekwondo practitioner. She represented Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Imamaddin Khalilov is an Azerbaijani para taekwondo practitioner.
Ana Carolina Silva de Moura also known as Carol Moura and Carolina Moura, is a Brazilian para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the under 65 kg category.
Christina Gkentzou is a Greek para taekwondo practitioner. She represented Greece at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Matt Bush is a Welsh para taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the +80 kg category. Bush, who does not have a left hand and forearm, is a two-time champion at the World Para Taekwondo Championships.
Antonino Bossolo is an Italian para taekwondo practitioner.
Ayoub Adouich is a Moroccan para taekwondo practitioner. He represented Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Asadbek Toshtemirov is an Uzbekistani para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the -80 kg category. He is a gold medalist at the 2023 World Para Taekwondo Championships, silver medalist at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships and bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Para Games. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Uzbekistan national team in para taekwondo.
Nurlan Dombayev is a Kazakhstani para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification. Having competed in the -75 and later -80 kg category, he is a gold medalist at the 2017 and 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games.
Alireza Bakht is an Iranian para taekwondo practitioner. He represented Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Mohsen Bakhtiar is an Iranian Paralympic powerlifter. He represented Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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