Maziar Elhami Varmazani (), born June 16, 1981 in

Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...

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ka. He also won bronze medals in the

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world karate championships and four medals in the

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. He began karate training at age 14 with his first coach, Shahab Soltani, in the Amjadieh Karate Club in

Zanjan Province Zanjan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Zanjan. It is a mountainous province with close to 22,000 km2 of land placed in Iran's Region 3. Two-thirds of the people of the province live in the cit ...

. Varmazanis participated six times in world championships from 2002 to 2012, and has the record for most appearances in the World Karate Championships. He was also the Iran karate national team's captain from 2010 to 2012. Mixed martial arts After saying goodbye to karate, he entered the world of martial arts. This year he is fighting for the New Fighting Generation Sports Belt.

Mixed martial arts record

mma records
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References

External links

Ebilgi.karate.gov.tr

wkf ranking

Elhami's Instagram-Page
1981 births Sportspeople from Kermanshah Living people Iranian male karateka Iranian martial artists 21st-century Iranian sportsmen {{Iran-karate-bio-stub