Saeid Hassanipour Sefatazgomi (; born 24 February 1988 in

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) is an Iranian karateka. He started karate with his brother (Vahid) in 1995 at Rasht Electric Club under the supervision of Hossein Navidi. He started karate with SKI

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style and played in Electric Club for five years, and then joined Yadegar-e Emam Club for an active presence in the world of the championship to work under Massoud Rahnama. Hassanipour won his first official international medal in

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in 2005, winning the

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at the global campaigns, and South Korea's Incheon was the only Gilani gold medalist at the Asian Games.

Birth

Saeid Hassanipour was born on February 24, 1988, in Rasht. He was the first to win a gold medal in the Asian Games Tournament -75 kg among Iranian karate players.

Education

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.

Medals

Saeid Hassanipour has won several World and

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for youth, hopes, and adults. He was named the only Gilanian gold man in

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by winning the gold medal in

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. Hassanipour won the gold medal at the

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at the 2013 Asian Karate Championships and won silver at the Islamic Countries Championships in

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2013. The champion added two more silver medals to the

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International Karate Championships and the Turkish World League Championships to the Iranian karate history in 2013. He won a

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in the World League Championships in

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2010, and won the gold medal in the Asian Hope Championship in

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, 2008. Saeid Hassanipour's other honors include winning a silver medal in the World Hope Championship in

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2007, a

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in the U21 Karate Asia Championships in

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2006, and a gold medal in the World Youth Championship in

2005.

Coaching records

Saeid Hassanipour was appointed as coach of the national karate team in 2016. He coached the Youth Karate Team in the World Championships in 2016, the Hope International Team at the Asian Championships in 2016, and Guilan's selected Karate team in the Asian champion league. After that, he was responsible for coaching the Adult National Team in the Asian Championship in

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2018, coaching the Adult National Team in the French, Turkish, and Emirates World Leagues, coaching the Adult National Team at the Spanish World Championships, coached Iran's Hope National Team at the Spanish and Austrian World Championships at the World Leagues. This Iranian karate player also coached the Adult National Team in the Turkish World League, the Russian World Championship, and the Asian Championship in

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2019. He currently coaches the National Adult Team to participate in the

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Olympics 2020.

Professional activities

Saeid Hassanipour became a

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's Athletes Commission member in 2017. He is the representative of Iran at the Asian Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission and in 2017, he became Vice President of the National Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission. He was also appointed ambassador of health by Hope Health Club in 2018.

References

Sources

* en.farsnews.com * en.irna.ir * www.karaterec.com * sportdata.org

External links

* https://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930710000650 * https://en.irna.ir/news/2739649 * http://www.karaterec.com/en/competitors/said-hassanipoursefatazgomi {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassanipour, Saeid 1988 births Living people Iranian male karateka Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games gold medalists in karate Karateka at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Rasht 20th-century Iranian sportsmen 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran