{{short description|Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Milad Beigi | image = Milad Beygi.jpg | image_size = | caption = Beigi at the 2016 Olympics | native_name = Milad Bəygi Hərçəqani | full_name = Milad Beigi Harchegani | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 March 1991}} | birth_place = Isfahan, Iran | height = 1.94 m | weight = 80 kg | sport = Taekwondo | club = Gilan Taekwondo Club (AZE)<ref name=nbc>[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=beigi-harchegani-milad-1046142/index.html Milad Beigi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919200613/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=beigi-harchegani-milad-1046142/index.html |date=19 September 2016 }}. nbcolympics.com</ref> | coach = Elnur Amanov (national)<br>Reza Mehmandoust (personal)<ref name=nbc/> | medaltemplates = {{MedalCount | 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 | – | – }} {{MedalCountry | {{AZE}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio De Janeiro|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2017 Muju|80 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2019 Manchester|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition| Grand Slam}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Wuxi|80 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Wuxi|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition| Grand Prix}} {{MedalGold|2016 Baku|80 kg}} {{MedalGold|2019 Chiba|80 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Moscow ''(F)''|80 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Rabat|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Games}} {{MedalGold|2015 Baku|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2016 Montreux|80 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Kazan|80 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Sofia|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Islamic Solidarity Games}} {{MedalGold|2017 Baku|80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2017 Taipei|80 kg}} | show-medals = yes | updated = 27 March 2017 }}
'''Milad Beigi Harchegani''' ({{langx|fa|میلاد بیگی هرچگانی}}, {{langx|az|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.<ref name=rio>[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/milad-beigi-harchegani Milad Beigi] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20160805194729/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/milad-beigi-harchegani |date=5 August 2016 }} at rio2016</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farhangnews.ir/content/112817 |title=ایران قهرمان تکواندوی جام فجر شد |date=18 February 2015 |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822192006/http://www.farhangnews.ir/content/112817 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alef.ir/vdcfeed01w6dvea.igiw.html?267779 |title=الف – ملی پوش ایرانی تبعه آذربایجان شد |last=Behnegarsoft.com |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510110128/http://alef.ir/vdcfeed01w6dvea.igiw.html?267779 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was named the Male Most Valuable Player at the 2015 World Cup Team Championships.<ref name=nbc/> He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics after beating Piotr Pazinsky in the bronze medal match.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/milad-beigi-harchegani.anht.html |title=TaekwondoData |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019081122/http://www.taekwondodata.com/milad-beigi-harchegani.anht.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Milad Beigi}} * {{Instagram|id=miladbeigi|name=Milad Beigi}} * {{TaekwondoData|milad-beigi-harchegani.anht|Milad Beigi Harchegani}} * {{2015 European Games profile|beigi-harchegani-milad-1024157|Milad Beigi Harchegani}} * {{Olympics.com|milad-beigi-harchegani|Milad Beigi Harchegani}} * {{Olympedia|name=Milad Beygi}}
thumb|324x324px|Beigi Harchegani doing a head kick at the 2016 Olympics.
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