Farzad Mansouri

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Farzad Mansouri (born 19 March 2002) is an Afghan taekwondo practitioner. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Mansouri and Kamia Yousufi carried Afghanistan's flag at the Opening Ceremony.

Career

Farzad Mansouri won a silver medal at the 2019 Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Amman.{{Cite web|title=TaekwondoData|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=TaekwondoData|language=en}} In 2021, Mansouri won a bronze medal in the 74 kg weight category at the 2021 Beirut Open Taekwondo Tournament.{{Cite web|last=MENAFN|title=Afghans Scoop 2 Bronze Medals in Beirut Taekwondo Contest|url=https://menafn.com/1102324239/Afghans-Scoop-2-Bronze-Medals-in-Beirut-Taekwondo-Contest|access-date=2021-06-24|website=menafn.com}}{{Cite web|title=Taekwondo: Afghans Win 2 Bronze Medals in Beirut Competition|url=https://tolonews.com/sport-172986|access-date=2021-06-24|website=TOLOnews|language=en}} Mansouri competed at the 2020 Olympics in the men's +80 kg event.{{Cite web|last=Faizi|first=Benafsha|title=Candidate Athletes – Olympic New Site|date=5 January 2021 |url=https://olympic.af/candidate-athletes/|access-date=2021-06-24|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Mora|first=Esteban|date=2021-06-24|title=Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|url=http://mastkd.com/2021/06/exclusive-wild-cards-for-tokyo-2020-olympic-games/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=mastkd.com|language=en-US}} He received a scholarship from the IOC as part of its Olympic Solidarity programme.{{Cite web|title=Taekwondo - MANSOURI Farzad|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1300488-mansouri-farzad.htm#bio|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-23|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811221712/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1300488-mansouri-farzad.htm#bio}}

After fleeing his homeland after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Mansouri eventually settled in the United Kingdom, training with GB Taekwondo, where he was selected to be part of the Refugee Olympic Team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|accessdate=15 Jun 2024|title=FARZAD MANSOURI SELECTED FOR THE REFUGEE TEAM AT THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES|url=https://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/farzad-mansouri-to-head-to-the-paris-olympic-games/|website=GB Taekwondo}}

Personal life

After the Fall of Kabul in 2021, he left the city.{{Cite web|date=25 August 2021|title=Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer tells of escape from Kabul|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2021/08/25/afghanistans-olympic-torch-holder-tells-of-escape-from-kabul/|access-date=|website=The National}}