Seyedehsan Naghibzadeh (Persian: احسان نقيب زاده, also known as: Ehsan Naghibzadeh, born March 15, 1990, in Kermanshah, Iran) is a male Iranian Taekwondo practitioner, who lives in Switzerland. He is a former member of the Iranian Taekwondo National Team and a 4th DAN in Taekwondo. Since 2019, he is an International Olympic Committee (IOC) refugee athlete scholarship holder for Tokyo Olympic Games.^[1] Since 2019, Naghibzadeh is competing as a refugee athlete. He also participated in the European Taekwondo Championships 2019 in Bari.^{[citation needed]} Also in 2019, Naghibzadeh was part of the Booyoung Dream Program, which was held in South Korea.^{[citation needed]} In 2021, he participated in the European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia.^{[citation needed]} Naghibzadeh has won medals in several international olympic ranking tournaments^{[citation needed]}

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Seyedehsan Naghibzadeh

Personal information
Native name	احسان نقيب زاده
Born	(1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 34) Kermanshah, Iran
Occupation	Taekwondo practitioner
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	Bantamweight ( –63 kg)
Medal record Representing  International Olympic Committee Men's Taekwondo World Championships 2013 Puebla Team Universiade 2010 Vigo -54 kg European Universities Taekwondo Championships 2019 Zagreb -63 kg West Asian Championships 2010 Schardscha -54 kg Asian Club Championships 2011 Tabriz -54 kg Open Tournaments 2019 Lebanon Open -63 kg 2013 Spain Open -58 kg 2012 Iranian Open -58 kg National Championships 2010 Iran -54 kg 2009 Iran -54 kg 2008 Iran -54 kg 2007 Iran -54 kg 2006 Iran -54 kg

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Naghibzadeh grew up in Kermanshah, Iran. He started with Taekwondo at the age of seven and became a professional Taekwondo athlete in Iran. He was part of the Iranian Nationalteam, one of the strongest teams in the world, for eight years.^[2]

• 2019 Lebanon Open: bronze^[3]
• 2019 University European Championships: bronze^[4]
• 2013 Spain Open: silver^[3]
• 2013 Taekwondo World Championships - Team 2nd place^[5][6]
• 2012 Iran Open: gold^[7]
• 2011 Asian Club Championships: silver^[8]
• 2010 World University Championships: silver^[3][9]
• 2010 West Asian Championships: gold^[8]
• 2010 Iran Championships: 3x gold (senior, university, U21/قهرمانى جوانان كشور)^[10]
• 2009 Iran Championships: gold^[10]
• 2008 Iran Championships: gold
• Iranian Olympiad: gold^[11]
• 2007 Iran Championships: 3x gold (senior, U21/قهرمانى جوانان كشور)
• 2007 Iran Championships: bronze^[10]
• 2006 Iran Championships: gold
• 2004 Iran Championships: 2x silver