Raheleh Asemani

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Raheleh Asemani Taekwondo
Personal information
Nationality: IranIran Iran / BelgiumBelgiumBelgium 
Birthday: June 21, 1989
Place of birth: Karaj, Iran
Medals

Raheleh Asemani ( listen ? / I ; born June 21, 1989 in Karadsch , Iran ) is a Belgian- Iranian taekwondo athlete who, after fleeing Iran, fought in the Belgian association and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games through this . Audio file / audio sample

Career

Asemani started taekwondo sport in 2000 and from 2009 achieved increasing success at the national Iranian level. In 2010 she won the silver medal at the Asian Games for Iran . In 2012 she competed against an Israeli athlete at a tournament in Belgium. Since Iran does not approve of competitions with Israeli athletes, she feared reprisals and applied for asylum in Belgium. She worked as a postal worker, her sporting status was unclear for a long time. She trained with the Belgian federation under Karim Dighou and Laurence Rase , in international competitions she competed under the flag of the World Taekwondo Federation. The continental federations of the WTC changed their nomination conditions in December 2015 in order to enable athletes with refugee status to qualify for the Olympic Games. At the qualification tournament in Istanbul Asemani reached the qualification by winning the final in the class up to 57 kg. Asemanie was on the shortlist for the Refugee Olympic Team , after being naturalized as a Belgian citizen on April 13, 2016, she asked the IOC to be allowed to compete for the Belgian Federation instead.

International tournament victories

For the Iranian Association:

  • 2010: British Open

For the Belgian association / independent refugee status:

  • Dutch Open 2013 & 2016
  • Serbia Open 2014 & 2015
  • Austrian Open 2015
  • Polish Open 2015
  • Croatia Open 2015
  • Qualifying tournament Istanbul 2015

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Raheleh Asemani espère concourir sous la bannière Belge aux jeux Olympiques de Rio . l'avenir, January 29, 2016
  2. ↑ Raheleh Asemani Raises a Limitless Flag, "If this was a Movie, Nobody would Believe It!" . World Taekwondo Federation
  3. ↑ Refugee working as postwoman in Belgium wins taekwondo place at Rio 2016 Games . Rio 2016, January 19, 2016
  4. ↑ Former refugee Raheleh Asemani earns Belgian citizenship, seeks IOC approval ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. NBC Olympics, April 28, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nbcolympics.com
personal data
SURNAME Asemani, Raheleh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian-Belgian taekwondo athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Karaj