Mina Mojtahedi

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Mina Mojtahedi
 
Born (1973-03-21) 21 March 1973 (age 50)
Team
Curling clubHyvinkään Curling / M-Curling
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances
2 (2013, 2015)
Paralympic
appearances
1 (2014)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
World Wheelchair Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Lohja
Finnish Wheelchair Championship [1]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013

Mina Mojtahedi (born 21 March 1973 in Tehran, Iran) is a Finnish wheelchair curler. [2] [3]

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She participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on tenth place.

In 2018–2020 she lived in Switzerland and competed in 2019 and 2020 Swiss Wheelchair Curling Championship.

She was born in Iran, her father are Iranian and mother are Finnish. They moved from Iran to Scotland when Mina was at the age of 6.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2012–13 Markku Karjalainen (fourth) Vesa Hellman (skip) Sari Karjalainen Tuomo Aarnikka Mina Mojtahedi Osku Kuutamo WWhCC 2013 (8th)
Vesa Hellman Seppo Pihnala Mina MojtahediTuomo Aarnikka FWhCC 2013 Silver medal icon.svg
2013–14Markku KarjalainenSari KarjalainenVesa HellmanTuomo AarnikkaMina MojtahediOsku Kuutamo WPG 2014 (10th)
2014–15Markku KarjalainenSari KarjalainenMina MojtahediTuomo AarnikkaVesa Leppänen Anne Malmi WWhCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2018–19Olivier JosephMina Carina MojtahediLaurent KneubühlOlivier GodinatCedric FillettazMichel Bise SWhCC 2019 (7th)
2019–20Mina Carina MojtahediLaurent KneubühlOlivier GodinatOlivier JosephCedric FillettazCathy Crottaz,
Michel Bise
SWhCC 2020 (6th)

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