Morteza Rostami (; born January 28, 1980, in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) is an Iranian

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete who won a gold medal at the

2003 World Taekwondo Championships The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from 10 ...

. On his way to victory, he defeated Zrouri Abdelkader in the first round, Lipatov Ruslan in the second, Montesinos Ruben (the 2005 world champion) in the third, Zhu Feng, Kuzmanovic Milorad in the next two rounds, and Asidah Zakaria in the final.

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1980 births Living people Iranian male taekwondo practitioners FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Iran Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) Iranian martial artists {{Iran-taekwondo-bio-stub