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ABEDINI Mojtaba
NOC Iran   
GenderMen
Born 11 Aug 1984 in Tehran, IRI
Height1.80 m
Human Interest
Sport Specific Information
Handedness Right
Further Personal Information
Occupation Coach
Higher education Physical Education - University of Tehran: Iran
General Interest
Injuries In early 2020 he began suffering from a shoulder injury, which was later found to be a tendon rupture. He did not train with the Iranian national team for 10 months as a result of the injury and the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he underwent a series of injections for the ruptured tendons in his shoulder. (isna.ir, 20 Sep 2021; varzesh3.com, 19 Dec 2020)

He has sustained injuries to his knee and his ankle during his career. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2013)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? He followed another member of his family into the sport.
General Interest
Most influential person in career Coach Peyman Fakhri. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2013)
Hero / Idol Russian fencer Stanislav Pozdnyakov. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2013)
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing as a teenager in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Further Personal Information
Languages English, Farsi
Family Wife Narges Faal, two daughters
General Interest
Sporting philosophy / motto "A fencer has to have the strength of a basketball player, the flexibility of a gymnast, and think like a chess player." (jamejamonline.ir, 07 Jul 2015)
Other information COACHING
In 2021 he began coaching the Iranian national youth team and the Mes Sungun team of the Iranian fencing league. In September 2022 he moved to Sweden and became head coach of LUGI Faktning. He has also served as a coach for the Swedish national cadet team. (LUGI Faktning Facebook page, 30 Mar 2023; etemadonline.com, 22 Feb 2023; fencing.se, 21 Feb 2023; lugifaktning.se 23 Sep 2022; Instagram profile, 26 Feb 2022; mehrnews.com, 01 Jan 2022; isna.ir, 20 Sep 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a member of the athletes' commission of the Fencing Confederation of Asia [FCA]. In July 2020 he was elected vice president of the athletes' commission of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (varzesh3.com, 28 Jul 2020; straitstimes.com, 21 Jun 2017)
Milestones At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he became the first fencer representing the Islamic Republic of Iran to contest an Olympic medal match. However, he lost the individual sabre bronze medal bout to Kim Jung-Hwan from the Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Jun 2017; farsnews.com, 11 Aug 2016; en.mehrnews.com, 11 Aug 2016)
Memorable sporting achievement Winning bronze in individual sabre at the 2019 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (varzesh3.com, 26 Mar 2020)
Further Personal Information
Residence Sweden

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
Olympic Games
2020 Final 5-6 Team Sabre Tokyo, Japan
2016 4 Individual Sabre Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Championships
2019 6 Team Sabre Budapest, Hungary
2018 Final 5-6 Team Sabre Wuxi, China
2017 5 Team Sabre Leipzig, Germany
Asian Championships
2019 2 Team Sabre Tokyo, Japan
2019 3 Individual Sabre Tokyo, Japan
2018 2 Team Sabre Bangkok, Thailand
2017 2 Team Sabre Hong Kong, China
2015 2 Team Sabre Singapore, Singapore
2015 3 Individual Sabre Singapore, Singapore
2014 2 Individual Sabre Suwon, Republic of Korea
2013 3 Individual Sabre Shanghai, China
2011 5 Team Sabre Seoul, Republic of Korea
2010 3 Team Sabre Seoul, Republic of Korea
2009 7 Individual Sabre Doha, Qatar
2008 3 Team Sabre Bangkok, Thailand
2005 3 Individual Sabre Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2005 3 Team Sabre Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2004 3 Individual Sabre Manila, Philippines
2004 3 Team Sabre Manila, Philippines
2003 3 Team Sabre Chiang Mai, Thailand
2003 5 Individual Sabre Chiang Mai, Thailand