Hamoon Derafshipour

Iranian karateka
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Quick Facts

IntroIranian karateka
PlacesIran
isKarateka
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth22 September 1992, Kermanshah Province, Iran
Age32 years
Star signVirgo
Family
Spouse:Samira Malekipour
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Biography

Hamoon Derafshipour (Persian: هامون درفشی‌پور, born September 22, 1992, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian karateka. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where karate will be featured for the first time, as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team, He started practicing karate when he was 7 years old. Previously, Derafshipour won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual -67 kg Kumite at the 2018 Senior World Karate Championships at Madrid, Spain and Two Asian Karate Championships titles, and several other medals, including three golds and three bronze in the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League Championship.

Hamoon is currently living in Canada with his wife after leaving his country Iran for personal and security reasons.

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