Board Members

Advisors

Hamideh Abbasali

Hamideh Abbasali is an Olympic karate athlete who represented Iran at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished karate competitors from Iran. Her achievements include silver and bronze medals at the World Karate Championships and five Asian Championship titles. She has also earned gold and bronze medals at the Asian Games and won a silver medal at the World Games.

From 2021 to 2025 she served as a member of the Athletes Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Iran. She continues to advocate for athletes and their human rights.

Mojtaba Abedini

Mojtaba Abedini is one of Iran’s most accomplished fencers and the first Iranian fencer to reach the semifinals of the Olympic Games. He placed fourth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2012, 2016, and 2020. His achievements include a bronze medal at the World Fencing Championships and three Asian Championship titles.

For two consecutive terms from 2015 to 2023 he served as a member of the Athletes Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Iran. He continues to support athletes and remains active in athlete advocacy and athlete rights.

Amin Boudaghi

Amin Boudaghi is a highly accomplished canoe sprint athlete who represented Iran in three Asian Games in 2010, 2014, and 2018. He is a two time Asian Games medalist and the winner of sixteen Asian championships medals. His achievements and long competitive career position him among the leading canoe sprint athletes from Iran.

He currently serves as the coach of the Austrian junior and U15 national canoe sprint teams. From 2021 to 2025 he was a member of the Athletes Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Iran, where he contributed to athlete representation and athlete rights. He continues to support athletes through coaching, mentorship, and advocacy.

Elnaz Rekabi

Elnaz Rekabi is an Iranian competition climber. She competed at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the women’s combined event. Rekabi has also reached the podium three times at the IFSC Asian Continental Championships, earning one silver and two bronze medals.

In 2022, Elnaz gained global attention after competing in an international championship in South Korea without wearing the headscarf mandated for women under the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the same year, she was recognised as one of BBC’s 100 Women, a list celebrating inspiring and influential women worldwide. She continues to support athletes through coaching, mentorship, and advocacy.

Shahriar Sabazad

Shahriar Sabazad is an experienced Iranian sports specialist with a long record of work in sport administration, athlete services, and coaching. He has served as a physical education expert and previously worked as a doping control officer at the National Olympic Committee of Iran . His leadership roles include serving as the former head of the Public Committee of the Ski Federation of Iran, former secretary of the Technical Committee of the Ski Federation of Iran, and former secretary of the National Teams Organization of the Judo Federation of Iran. He also has an extensive background in youth football coaching and has coached youth teams for Esteghlal F.C and Rah Ahan F.C . His combined experience across governance, athlete development, and coaching reflects his long standing commitment to sport in Iran.

Mohammad Mansouri

Mohammad Mansouri is a prominent Iranian judo coach and former head coach of the Iranian national team. He is widely known for his public defection to Germany in 2019, which followed a highly contested episode involving his athlete, 2018 world champion Saeid Mollaei. During that period, Mansouri and Mollaei were reportedly subjected to pressure from authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to deliberately lose matches for political reasons.

As of January 2025, Mansouri is working as a youth coach in Germany, where he applies his extensive international experience to the development of emerging talent in the youth categories.