Mehdi Khodabakhshi
Mahdi Khodabakhshi is an Iranian-born Taekwondo practitioner. He represented Iran until 2019 when he switched allegiance by representing Serbia through naturalisation. He has been involved in the sport for more than 15 years. He has beaten several Taekwondo notables such as Aaron Cook and Steven Lopez and was the world champion. Also he additionally won the gold medal in the welterweight division in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. He is a participant of the 2016 Rio Olympics, but lost in the 1/04-Final against the Iranian born Azeri Milad Beigi Harchegani
