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| Born | September 22, 1992 Kermanshah, Iran | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||
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Hamoon Derafshipour (Persian: هامون درفشیپور, born September 22, 1992, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian karateka.[1][2] He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where karate will be featured for the first time, as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team,[3][4][5][6] He started practicing karate when he was 7 years old.[7] Previously, Derafshipour won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual -67 kg Kumite at the 2018 Senior World Karate Championships at Madrid, Spain and Two Asian Karate Championships titles, and several other medals, including three golds and three bronze in the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League Championship.[8][9][10][11]
Hamoon is currently living in Canada with his wife after leaving his country Iran for personal and security reasons.