Yousef Karami

Yousef Karami
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men’s taekwondo
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 80 kg
World Championships
2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 84 kg
2011 Gyeongju 87 kg
2005 Madrid 84 kg
2009 Copenhagen 87 kg
Asian Games
2006 Doha 84 kg
2010 Guangzhou 87 kg
Asian Championships
2002 Amman 72 kg
2010 Astana 87 kg
2014 Tashkent 87 kg
Universiade
2007 Bangkok 84 kg

Yousef Karami (Persian: یوسف کرمی; born March 22, 1983 in Meyaneh, Iran) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He is also the 2003 world champion (in 78–84 kg). Karami also won gold in the 2006 Asian Games in 84 kg and in the 2010 Asian Games in 87 kg.

Yousef Karami was titled as the most talented sportsman in Taekwondo by the Korea head coach due to his brilliant performance in the 2003 world championship, where he astonished everyone. Karami won the title while he was only 20.

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