Mojtaba Abedini

Mojtaba Abedini
Personal information
Born (1984-08-11) 11 August 1984
Tehran, Iran
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand right-handed
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
National coach(es) Peyman Fakhri
Personal coach(es) Grigory Kiriyenko
FIE Ranking current ranking

Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti (Persian: مجتبی عابدینی شورمستی; born 11 August 1984) is an Iranian sabre fencer.[1]

He qualified to the men's sabre event of the 2012 Summer Olympics through the zone tournament held in Wakayama City, becoming the first Iranian fencer to compete at the Olympics.[2] He was defeated in the first round by Romania's Florin Zalomir.[3]

References

  1. London2012.com
  2. "Iran fencer Mojtaba Abedini makes history". Tehran Times. 20 April 2012.
  3. "Mojtaba Abedini's Olympic results". Sport Reference. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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