Mohammad Bagheri Motamed

Iranian taekwondo practitioner
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
Bagheri-Motamed winning silver at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born (1986-01-24) January 24, 1986 (age 38)
Ray, Iran
Sport
CountryIran
SportTaekwondo
EventLightweight

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (Persian: محمد باقری معتمد‎, born January 24, 1986, in Ray, Iran) is a former Iranian professional taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the featherweight division (-68 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in ۱ Copenhagen, Denmark and the Olympic Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics. ۲

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 68 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Copenhagen 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gyeongju 68 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 68 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Luoyang 67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Astana 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2004 Seongnam 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Amman 54 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 İzmir 62 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang 68 kg

Olympic 2012 London

He competed in the 2012 London Olympics and defeated David Boy of the Central African Republic in the first game. In the second game, Ruhollah Nikpa, the bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics, was defeated, and in the fourth game, he won 5-5 against the Brazilian opponent with the votes of the judges. Won the silver medal at the London Olympics.۱۲

Biography

He started Taekwondo at the age of six and soon joined the national team. 1 Motamed joined the national team in 2001 and won 1 silver medal in the Taekwondo World Cup, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the Asian Championship. He also won 1 silver in the World Student Championships, 2 gold and 1 silver in the World Student Olympiad, and 1 silver in the 2012 Olympics. 2

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed won a gold medal in the 68 kg weight category at the Guangzhou Asian Games.

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed lives in Tehran and his father and brother are also taekwondo athletes. He officially accepted the citizenship of Azerbaijan in 2016 and was scheduled to work with the Azerbaijani Taekwondo team. 3

References

  • 1. World Taekwondo Federation
  • "Mohammad BAGHERI MOTAMED". gz2010.cn. Guangzhou 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  • 2. Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg gold medal Reuters via Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (August 9, 2012). Retrieved
  • 3. Mohammad Bagheri Motamed at www.olympic.ir
  • 4. Mohammad Bagheri Motamed www.tekvabdowdeta.com
  • 5.http://www.payvand.com/news/11/may/1038.html
  • 6. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1104531/irans-hadipour-opts-against-acl-surgery
  • 7. Silver medalist Mohammad Bagheri Motamed at Olympic Games 2012 London
  • 8. https://en.irna.ir/news/80952896/Iran-grabs-3-bronze-medals-in-Manchester-Grand-Priz
  • 9. https://theiranproject.com/blog/2013/12/16/iran-grabs-3-bronze-medals-in-manchester-grand-priz/?amp=1
  • 10. http://en.mastkd.com/2012/07/irans-national-taekwondo-team-training-camp/
  • 11. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1078020/iran-taekwondo-silver-medallist-retires-to-become-coach-of-indian-team
  • 12.https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/434541/Bagheri-Motamed-announces-retirement-from-taekwondo
  • 14. بازتاب جهانی حضور معتمد به عنوان سرمربی هند Retrieved (in Persian). www.varzesh3.com
  • 15. افشاگری باقری معتمد ؛ ۳۰ هزار دلار از پولادگر می خواهم medal1.com Retrieved (in Persian).
  • 16. محمد باقری معتمد از دنیای قهرمانی خداحافظی کرد www.mehrnews.com Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 17. نفس عمیق" باقری معتمد روی پرده نقره‌ای/ زندگی نایب قهرمان المپیک فیلم شد+فیلم www.farsnews.ir Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 18. تهران - ايرنا - «محمد باقري معتمد» تكواندوكار پرافتخار كشورمان و دارنده مدال نقره بازي هاي المپيك از دنياي قهرماني خداخافظي كرد www.irna.ir Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 19. بیوگرافی محمد باقری معتمد www.beytooti.com Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 20.محمد باقری معتمد تکواندو کار ایرانی, قهرمان تکواندوی جهان و نایب قهرمان المپیک از ایران مهاجرت کرد و به تیم مهماندوست پیوست. namnak.com Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 22. Iran’s Bagheri retires to become India’s coach www.wtkmedia.com
  • 23 محمد باقری معتمد در صفحه فدارسیون تکواندو جمهوری اسلامی ایران www.iritf.org.ir
  • 24. باقری معتمد به مدال طلا رسید/ بازگشت نایب قهرمان المپیک با قهرمانی www.tasnimnews.com Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 25. معتمد اولین سهمیه تکواندوی ایران در المپیک را گرفت bbc.com Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 26. باقری معتمد از فهرست تکواندوکاران جمهوری آذربایجان حذف شد yjc.ir Retrieved in (in Persian).
  • 27.محمد باقری معتمد نایب قهرمان المپیک راهی هندوستان و آمریکا می‌شود+عکس www.farsnews.ir Retrieved in (in Persian).

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