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Native name | احسان نقيب زاده | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kermanshah, Iran | 15 March 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Taekwondo practitioner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight ( –63 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ehsan Naghibzadeh (Persian: احسان نقيب زاده, also known as: Seyedehsan 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]
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]