Farzad Mansouri

Farzad Mansouri

Personal information
Nationality	Afghan
Born	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22) Parwan
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Afghanistan  Refugee Olympic Team
Sport	Taekwondo

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.[1] In 2021, Mansouri won a bronze medal in the 74 kg weight category at the 2021 Beirut Open Taekwondo Tournament.[2][3] Mansouri competed at the 2020 Olympics in the men's +80 kg event.[4][5] He received a scholarship from the IOC as part of its Olympic Solidarity programme.[6]

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.[7]

Personal life

After the Fall of Kabul in 2021, he left the city.[8]

See also

• Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• List of flag bearers for Afghanistan at the Olympics
• Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. MENAFN. "Afghans Scoop 2 Bronze Medals in Beirut Taekwondo Contest". menafn.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. "Taekwondo: Afghans Win 2 Bronze Medals in Beirut Competition". TOLOnews. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. Faizi, Benafsha (5 January 2021). "Candidate Athletes – Olympic New Site". Retrieved 24 June 2021.
5. Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". mastkd.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
6. "Taekwondo - MANSOURI Farzad". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
7. "FARZAD MANSOURI SELECTED FOR THE REFUGEE TEAM AT THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES". GB Taekwondo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
8. "Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer tells of escape from Kabul". The National. 25 August 2021.

External links

• Elham Surash at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Mohammad Tawfiq Bakhshi	Flagbearer for  Afghanistan Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent