Background and career
Milad Beigi Harchegani (Persian: میلاد بیگی هرچگانی, Azerbaijani: Milad Beygi Hərçigani; born 1 March 1991 in Isfahan) is an Iranian-born naturalized Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Harchegani is of Qashqai ancestry.
In February 2015, Beigi won the −80 kg gold medal at the 26th Fajr Cup for Iran's B team. 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. He was named the Male Most Valuable Player at the 2015 World Cup Team Championships.
He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics after beating Piotr Pazinsky in the bronze medal match.
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