Milad Beigi

Milad Beigi Harchegani (Persian: میلاد بیگی هرچگانی, Azerbaijani: Milad Beygi Hərçigani; born 1 March 1991 in Booshehr) is an Iranian-born naturalized Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2] Harchegani is of Qashqai ancestry.

Milad Beigi

Beigi at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Milad Bəygi Hərçəqani
Full name	Milad Beigi Harchegani
Born	1 March 1991 (1991-03) (age 34) Sharehkord, Iran
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Club	Gilan Taekwondo Club (AZE)[1]
Coached by	Elnur Amanov (national) Reza Mehmandoust (personal)[1]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games – – 1 World Championships 2 – – Grand Slam – – 2 Grand Prix 2 1 1 European Games 1 – – European Championships 1 1 1 Universiade 1 – – Islamic Solidarity Games 1 – – Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2016 Rio De Janeiro 80 kg World Championships 2017 Muju 80 kg 2019 Manchester 80 kg Grand Slam 2017 Wuxi 80 kg 2018 Wuxi 80 kg Grand Prix 2016 Baku 80 kg 2019 Chiba 80 kg 2019 Moscow (F) 80 kg 2017 Rabat 80 kg European Games 2015 Baku 80 kg European Championships 2016 Montreux 80 kg 2018 Kazan 80 kg 2021 Sofia 80 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 80 kg Universiade 2017 Taipei 80 kg
Updated on 27 March 2017

In February 2015, Beigi won the −80  kg gold medal at the 26th Fajr Cup for Iran's B team.^[3] He was considered among Iran's prospects in the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, but it was declared that he had been replaced due to "injury" despite allegations that he had left threatening to acquire citizenship of another country.^[4] He was named the Male Most Valuable Player at the 2015 World Cup Team Championships.^[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics after beating Piotr Pazinsky in the bronze medal match.^[5]