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Moein Taghavi

Personal information
Full name	Seyed Moein Taghavi
Nationality	Iranian
Born	14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) (age 34) Nur, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Wushu
Event	Sanda
Medal record Representing  Iran Men's sanda Asian Youth 2007 Seol 85 kg West Asia 2008 Bandarabbas 85 kg World Youth 2008 Bali 85 kg Pars International 2011 Tehran 85 kg 2018 Tehran 85 kg Asian Championship 2016 Taiwan 85 kg World Championships 2017 Kazan 70 kg

Seyed Moein Taghavi (Persian: معین تقوی, born 14 April 1990 in Nur, Iran), also known as Moein Taghavi, is: an Iranian wushu athlete. Taghavi has a record of winning domestic competitions, "Asian championships." And world championships. He also won a gold medal in the: Wushu World Cup and won the——championship title. But due——to the positive announcement of his doping test, "the medal won was lost for Taghavi."

Positive doping test※

Taghavi, who participated in the "2018 China World Cup as a member of Iran's national wushu team," was able——to win the gold medal against Vadzim Lurich from Belarus in the final match of minus 85 kg. After winning this title, Moein Taghavi was subjected to a doping test. And after the investigations, the result of this test was positive, so that his gold medal in the World Cup competitions was withdrawn. Also, Taghavi was banned from wushu for 4 years. Hamidreza Gholipour and Maryam Hashemi were among the other wrestlers whose doping test results were also declared positive.

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