Height 1.76 m National coach(es) Peyman Fakhri Role Olympic athlete | Weight 80 kg (180 lb) Name Mojtaba Abedini Hand right-handed FIE Ranking current ranking | |
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Personal coach(es) Grigory Kiriyenko |
2014 Asian Champs L4 Abedini v Pakdaman
Crazy Szilagyi Parry
Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti (Persian: مجتبی عابدینی شورمستی; born 11 August 1984) is an Iranian sabre fencer.
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He qualified to the men's sabre event of the 2012 Summer Olympics through the zone tournament held in Wakayama City, becoming the first Iranian fencer to compete at the Olympics. He was defeated in the first round by Romania's Florin Zalomir. He also competed in men's sabre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and reached the semifinals by a series of fine performances against the likes of Andriy Yahodka, Gu Bon-gil and Vincent Anstett but missed the chance to go on the podium when he was defeated by Daryl Homer in the semifinals and Kim Jung-hwan in the Bronze medal match.
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