Badri Asadi (, born 3 November 1966) is a Taekwondo practitioner and member of national team in Iran. At the first presence of women Team in the World championships in Turkey (2008) Asadi received first world individual women silver medal from Iran in this competition, she received second place in the world championships in Egypt 2009 as well.
Asadi was a member of the three-member team who received a gold medal at the world championships in Uzbekistan 2010.
Asadi is an international referee and the referee in Iran in international fields . she attends in international seminars all over the world and could improve her Technical level. She has judged in the world universiade olympic as the first and only Iranian referee woman on behalf of the world taekwondo federation in Napoli Italy 2019.
Asadi had been invited in the World Taekwondo International Referee Selection & Training Camp for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, was held at the World Taekwondo Wuxi Center in Wuxi, China from 18 to 21 April 2019.
A documentary about Asadi was shown on Documentary channel in 2018, directed by Vahid Kazemi, This documentary was about Iranian women who have been succeeded as wives, mothers in social activists.
Personal life
Aasadi was born on 3 November 1966. She is second child of family from Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran.
she was a young child who was confronted with the tumult of the revolution. she spent her adolescence and youth with the bitter experiences of the war between Iran and Iraq. she got married in 1980 and has got two children.
After the end of the war between Iran and Iraq in 1989, she turned to Kyokushin karate then was entered the sport of Taekwondo in 1993. Following that, as a national coach and referee she started her first official activity in Mehr Club, associate to Tehran Municipality.
When the sport of Taekwondo in the women's section crossed the Iran border, Asadi was invited to the Iranian women's national taekwondo team in October 2006.
After two years of camps and competitions without sending out, Finally in the first appearance of the women's team in the World Championships in Turkey 2008 she received the first Iranian women's individual silver medal in this event.
After ten years of membership in the national team and receiving various championship titles, today she is one of the best referees in the country in the international field and one of the best coaches in the country.
She is also the investor and managing director of the famous Meraj team, with strong presence in foreign events, the national league.
Asadi is the official instructor of the Federation Education Committee in the field of refereeing and coaching. she also teaches at the Taekwondo University of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is the second taekwondo university in the world.
Coaching
Asadi was the head coach of the deaf national team in 2016 for the World Taekwondo Championships and also she was the head coach of the World Deaf Olympics in 2017.
Assistant Master Kang in the first Asian Poomsae Championship 2010 Uzbekistan .
Head coach of the Taekwondo University of Applied Sciences and technology team .
More than a decade as the head coach of the Tehran team .
Managing director and head coach of Meraj Team, who could bring many champions to the Iranian championship and national team . She was chosen as the best coach in 2018 as well.
Honors
Second Class International Coach
Instructor of the Taekwondo Federation Education Committee in the coaching department, refereeing, Hanmadang . Head coach of the Deaf national team in 2016 head coach of the World Deaf Olympics in 2017 . First Class National Coach Specialty coach Hanmadang Head coach of Taekwondo University team Head coach of Meraj team Head coach of Tehran team
Referee
After many years of judging in Iran, Asadi was entered the field of international refereeing in 2010, the most important of them were her first appearance as an Iranian woman in the Asian Championships in Manila Philippines 2016 and the first judge Iranian woman In the Olympic 2019 World Students Championship in Napoli, Italy and the first Iranian female referee in the World Universiade Olympics competitions in Naples, Italy 2019. The only woman who was invited in the WT International Referee Selection & Training Camp for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, was held at the World Taekwondo Wuxi Center in Wuxi, China from 18 to 21 April 2019