:Akram Khodabandeh

{{short description|Iranian taekwondo practitioner}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2014 Incheon | +73 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2022 Chuncheon |+73 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2014 Tashkent |+73 kg}}

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{{MedalGold| 2015 Gwangju|+73 kg}}

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{{MedalGold| 2013 Palembang | +73 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2017 Baku | +73 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2021 Konya | +73 kg}}

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Akram Khodabandeh ({{langx|fa|اکرم خدابنده}}, born 25 September 1991, in Karaj) is the captain of the Iranian women's national taekwondo team.{{Cite web|title=Khodabandeh, Akram in Taekwando Data|url=https://www.taekwondodata.com/akram-khodabandeh.am1c.html|website=www.taekwondodata.com|access-date=2020-09-15}}{{Cite web|title=Rio Olympics 2016 qualification|url=http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/qualification-for-rio-2016/asian-qualification-tournament-for-rio-2016-olympic-games/result/|website=www.worldtaekwondo.org/|access-date=2020-09-15}}{{Cite web|title=Taekwondo Fighter Khodabandeh Snatches Silver in Asian Games|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2014/10/03/518084/taekwondo-fighter-khodabandeh-snatches-silver-in-asian-games|website=Tasnim News Agency|access-date=2020-09-15}}{{Cite web|title=Iran, Kings of Asia|url=http://en.mastkd.com/2014/05/iran-kings-of-asia/|website=www.en.mastkd.com/|date=29 May 2014 |access-date=2020-09-15}}{{Cite web|title=2 gold, 5 bronze medals for Iran's female taekwondo team at Turkish Open 2020|url=https://en.isna.ir/news/98111510903/2-gold-5-bronze-medals-for-Iran-s-female-taekwondo-team-at-Turkish|website=Iranian Students' News Agency|date=4 February 2020 |access-date=2020-09-15}}

She started Taekwondo in 2008 and after 9 months of training, she won the first place in the national youth team selection competitions and in 2010 she became a member of the Iranian women's national taekwondo team. She became the runner-up in The 3rd Asian University Taekwondo Championship 2011 and since then has been the champion or runner-up in various competitions including the Asian Championship, World Military Championships, Islamic Solidarity Games, World Student Games (Universiade), and since 2014 has been the captain of the Iranian women's national taekwondo team.

Khodabandeh is a student of mechanical engineering and is the only Iranian female taekwondo fighter to have won the Universiade.