Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti ( fa, مجتبی عابدینی شورمستی; born 11 August 1984) is an Iranian 3-time
Olympian
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sabre
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fencer. In 2012, he became the first Iranian fencer to compete in the Olympics. He won a
bronze medal at the
2019 World Fencing Championships
The 2019 World Fencing Championships was held from 15 to 23 July 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.
Schedule
Twelve events were held.
''All times are local (UTC+2).''
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
References
External l ...
, becoming the first-ever Iranian fencer to win a medal at the
World Fencing Championships
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.
Early life
Abedini was born in
Tehran, Iran
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. He has a master's degree in Sport Administration/Management from the
University of Tehran
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('14), and speaks English and Persian.
His wife is Narges Faal, and he has two daughters.
Fencing career
Abedini won a
bronze medal at the
2019 World Fencing Championships
The 2019 World Fencing Championships was held from 15 to 23 July 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.
Schedule
Twelve events were held.
''All times are local (UTC+2).''
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
References
External l ...
in Budapest, Hungary,
losing only to Hungarian former world champion András Szatmári, becoming the first-ever Iranian fencer to win a medal at the
World Fencing Championships
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...
.
He qualified to compete in the
men's sabre event of the
2012 Summer Olympics through a zone tournament held in
Wakayama City
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is the capital city
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, Japan, becoming the first Iranian fencer to compete at the Olympics. Abedini was defeated in the first round by Romania's
Florin Zalomir
Florin Zalomir (; 21 April 1981 – 3 October 2022) was a Romanian sabre fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal in the sabre team event.
Personal life
After the 2003 European Fencing Championships from Bourge ...
, and
came in 37th in individual sabre.
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Olympics.com.
He also competed in
men's individual sabre event at the
2016 Summer Olympics,
coming in fourth.
He reached the semifinals by a series of fine performances against the likes of
Andriy Yahodka
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,
Gu Bon-gil
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Gu is an eight-time team Asian champion, seven-time individual Asian champion, and three-time team world champion.
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, and
Vincent Anstett
Vincent Anstett (born 26 July 1982) is a French sabre fencer.
Anstett's greatest accomplishment is winning the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final. He accomplished this wi ...
but missed the chance to go on the podium when he was defeated by American
Daryl Homer
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in the semifinals and Korean
Kim Jung-hwan in the bronze medal match.
Abedini competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics, coming in 11th in individual sabre and 6th in team sabre.
He was captain of the Iranian sabre team, which appeared in the Olympics for the first time ever.
Starting in 2021 he also served as a coach of the Iranian national youth fencing team.
After the September 2022 death of 22-year-old
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in Iran under suspicious circumstances, following her arrest by the
Guidance Patrol
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, the
Islamic morality police of
Iran's Law Enforcement Command, for not wearing a
hijab in accordance with government standards, Abedini resigned fencing under the Iranian team, writing:
"Every time I played for the national team, it was with all my heart, because it was and is the first and last reason for the victory of the people of the land. The people of my land are being disrespected and beaten. I consider it my duty to express my sympathy and companionship with them. I must say goodbye to the Iranian national team forever out of respect for women and my country."
See also
*
List of Asian Games medalists in fencing
This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in fencing from 1974 to 2018.
Men Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team foil
Individual sabre
Team sabre
Women Individual épée
Team épée
Individual foil
Team f ...
References
External links
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Instagram page
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1984 births
Living people
Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
Asian Games medalists in fencing
People from Babol
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games
Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games
Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games
Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games
Iranian male sabre fencers
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Olympic fencers of Iran
Sportspeople from Mazandaran province
Sportspeople from Tehran
University of Tehran alumni
21st-century Iranian people
20th-century Iranian people
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran