Mojtaba Abedini
Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti is an Iranian sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, becoming the first ever Iranian fencer to win a medal at the World Fencing Championships.
He qualified to the men's sabre event of the 2012 Summer Olympics through the zone tournament held in Wakayama City, becoming the first Iranian fencer to compete at the Olympics. He was defeated in the first round by Romania's Florin Zalomir. He also competed in men's sabre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and reached the semifinals by a series of fine performances against the likes of Andriy Yahodka, Gu Bon-gil and Vincent Anstett but missed the chance to go on the podium when he was defeated by Daryl Homer in the semifinals and Kim Jung-hwan in the Bronze medal match.
