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(Redirected from Yossef Karami) Iranian taekwondo practitioner
Yousef Karami
Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born (1983-03-22) March 22, 1983 (age 41)
Meyaneh, Iran
Sport
CountryIran
SportTaekwondo
Yousef Karami
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 80 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 84 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gyeongju 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Madrid 84 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Copenhagen 87 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 84 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 87 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Amman 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Astana 87 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tashkent 87 kg
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 84 kg

Yousef Karami (Persian: یوسف کرمی; born March 22, 1983, in Meyaneh, Iran) is an Iranian former taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He is also the 2003 world champion (in 78–84 kg). Karami also won gold in the 2006 Asian Games in 84 kg and in the 2010 Asian Games in 87 kg.

Yousef Karami was titled as the most talented sportsman in Taekwondo by the Korea head coach due to his brilliant performance in the 2003 world championship, where he astonished everyone. Karami won the title while he was only 20.

He was appointed as the Taekwondo head coach of Pakistan in the summer of 2022.

References

  1. "Yousef Karami Named Pakistan Taekwondo Coach - Sports news". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-16.

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Olympic medalists for Iran
Gold Gold medalists
Silver Silver medalists
Bronze Bronze medalists
World Champions in Taekwondo – Men's Middleweight
  • 1975–1977: −80 kg
  • 1979–1983: −78 kg
  • 1985–1997: −83 kg
  • 1999–2007: −84 kg
  • 2009–present: −87 kg


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