Sajjad Moradi

Sajjad Moradi (Persian: سجاد مرادی, born 30 March 1983^[2]) is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 m and 1500 m. He holds multiple national records for Iran from various track disciplines. Moradi is a gold-medalist in the Asian Games, Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Indoor Games, and Universiade. He also competed at three Summer Olympic Games in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Sajjad Moradi

Personal information
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1983-03-30) March 30, 1983 (age 41) Lordegan, Iran
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	800 metres, 1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 metres: 1:44.74[1] NR 1500 metres: 3:37.09[1] NR
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Iran Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 800 m 2010 Guangzhou 1500 m Asian Championships 2009 Guangzhou 800 m 2007 Amman 800 m 2007 Amman 1500 m 2011 Kobe 800 m 2011 Kobe 1500 m 2005 Incheon 800 m Asian Indoor Games 2009 Hanoi 800 m 2007 Macau 4×400 m relay Asian Indoor Championships 2004 Tehran 800 m 2004 Tehran 1500 m Universiade 2009 Belgrade 800 m

Biography

He was born in Lordegan. Sajjad is the older brother of Amir Moradi (born 1990), who is also an elite track athlete specializing in the 800 and 1500 metres.

Running career

2004 Summer Olympics

Barely 21 years old, Moradi ran sixth heat at the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:49.10, exiting in the first round. In his heat, Moradi lost out to older and more experienced Ivan Heshko and Amine Laâlou.

2008 Summer Olympics

Moradi ran both the men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the men's 1500 metres of the same competition. For the 800, he narrowly missed qualification for the final 800, running a 1:46.08 just one place behind the last finals qualifier.

2012 Summer Olympics

Moradi ran the men's 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He ran fifth heat of the race and ran a time of 1:48.23, qualifying for the next round. In the semifinal, however, he got disqualified for a lane violation.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2001	Asian Junior Championships	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	6th	800 m	1:53.21
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	7th	800 m	1:51.72
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	11th	1500 m	3:50.25
	Asian Junior Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	800 m	1:48.30
			3rd	1500 m	3:54.22
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	4th	800 m	1:47.38
2004	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	2nd	800 m	1:48.48
			2nd	1500 m	3:56.00
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (h)	800 m	1:50.06
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	61st (h)	800 m	1:49.49
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th (h)	800 m	1:45.88
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	800 m	1:44.74
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.75
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	24th (h)	800 m	1:51.67
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	12th	1500 m	DNF
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	2nd	800 m	1:52.22
			2nd	1500 m	3:47.01
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.64
	Asian Indoor Games	Macau	1st	800 m	DNF
			1st	1500 m	DNF
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	36th (h)	800 m	1:46.75
			21st (sf)	1500 m	3:46.21
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	9th (sf)	800 m	1:46.08
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	800 m	1:48.02
			–	1500 m	DNF
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd (h)	800 m	1:47.68
	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	1st	800 m	1:48.48
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	800 m	1:48.58
			–	1500 m	DNF
2010	West Asian Championships	Aleppo, Syria	2nd	800 m	1:45.76
			2nd	1500 m	3:40.31
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.87
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	800 m	1:45.45
			2nd	1500 m	3:37.09
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	2nd	800 m	1:46.35
			2nd	1500 m	3:43.30
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	11th (h)	800 m	1:48.10
			–	1500 m	DNF
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	14th (sf)	800 m	1:46.17
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	33rd (h)	800 m	1:48.23
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	8th	800 m	1:56.09
			4th	1500 m	3:41.60
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	10th (h)	800 m	1:50.07
			8th	1500 m	3:45.31

References

1. IAAF. "Athlete profile for Sajad Moradi".
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sajjad Moradi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2012.

External links

• Sajjad Moradi at World Athletics
• Sajjad Moradi at Diamond League
• Sajjad Moradi at Olympedia
• All-Athletics profile for Sadjad Moradi