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Mojtaba Abedini

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Weapon(s)
  
sabre

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


Mojtaba Abedini

Born
  
11 August 1984 (age 39) Tehran, Iran (
1984-08-11
)

Personal coach(es)
  
Grigory Kiriyenko

2014 Asian Champs L4 Abedini v Pakdaman


Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti (Persian: مجتبی عابدینی شورمستی‎‎; born 11 August 1984) is an Iranian sabre fencer.

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.

References

Mojtaba Abedini Wikipedia