Amir Mohammad Hosseini | |
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| Born | 7 November 1998 Tehran, Iran |
| Education | Air Force construction |
| Known for | Taekwondo athlete |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Amir Mohammad Hosseini (Persian: امیر محمد حسینی, born on 7 November 1998) is an Iranian Taekwondo practitioner who lives in Hamburg, Germany. He is an International Olympic Committee (IOC) refugee athlete scholarship holder for Tokyo Olympic Games..[1] He participated in World Taekwondo Championships 2019[2] in Manchester and European Championships 2019[3] and also in European Taekwondo Championships 2021[4] as a refugee athlete. He won silver medal at the German Open 2016.[5]
Hosseini was born in Tehran, and began Taekwondo at the age of eight. He left Iran for Germany in 2012 and started to participate at national and international tournaments in Europethe following year.[6] In 2019 he became one of only 50 people in the world to receive a scholarship for the Tokyo Olympics 2020[7] which was delayed until 2021 by the COVID-19.[8]
| Event | G-Rank | Event Date | Location | Place | Ranking Points |
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| Manchester 2019 World Taekwondo Championships | G-12 | 15-19 May 2019 | Manchester, UK | 17 | 12.70 |
| G4 Extra European Championships | G-4 | 1-3 November 2019 | Bari, Italy | 17 | 4.23 |
| 1st WTF President's Cup-European Region | G-2 | 7-10 April 2016 | Bonn, Germany | 17 | 0.53 |
| Croatia Open 2019 | G-1 | 9-10 November 2019 | Zagreb, Croatia | 5 | 2.16 |
| German Open 2019 | G-1 | 30-31 March 2019 | Hamburg, Germany | 5 | 1.62 |
| Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships 2019 | G-1 | 9-10 March 2019 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 9 | 1.13 |
| Greece Open 2018 | G-1 | 19-21 October 2018 | Athens, Greece | 5 | 1.62 |
| Polish Open Warsaw Cup 2018 | G-1 | 14-16 September 2018 | Warsaw, Poland | 9 | 1.13 |
| Belgian Open 2018 (Kyorugi Divisions) | G-1 | 16-18 March 2018 | Lommel, Belgium | 9 | 0.76 |
| Slovenia Open 2018 | G-1 | 24-25 February 2018 | Maribor, Slovenia | 9 | 0.76 |
| Luxembourg Open 2016 | G-1 | 9-10 July 2016 | Luxembourg | 9 | 0.38 |
| Austrian Open 2016 | G-1 | 4-5 June 2016 | Innsbruck, Austria | 5 | 0.54 |
| GERMAN OPEN 2016 | G-1 | 23-24 April 2016 | Hamburg, Germany | 2 | 1.50 |