Mohammad Hadi Saravi

{{Short description|Iranian Greco-Omani-Roman wrestler (born 1998)}}

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Mohammad Hadi Saravi Darkolaei ({{langx|fa|محمدهادی ساروی دارکلایی}}; born 6 January 1998) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} He also won one of the bronze medals in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}} In 2020, he won the gold medal in his event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.{{Cite web|title=2020 Asian Wrestling Championships|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/final-book.pdf|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522211016/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/final-book.pdf|archive-date=22 May 2020|access-date=22 May 2020}} He also won the gold medal in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/502156/Iran-wrestler-Saravi-wins-gold-in-2024-Olympic-Games Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games]

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.{{Cite web|title=2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-03/results_03_ulaanbaatar.pdf|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524110248/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-03/results_03_ulaanbaatar.pdf|archive-date=24 May 2020|access-date=24 May 2020}} In the same year, he also competed in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}} At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=3 November 2019|title=Iran add third Greco-Roman gold medal to tally on last day of UWW Under-23 World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086631/iran-uww-under-23-world-championships|access-date=21 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2019|access-date=8 August 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} Saravi beating his Hungarian competitor in the Oslo 2021 Greco-Roman World Match in final to win the team's first gold medal.

He won the bronze medal in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=13 June 2021|title=Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109022/uww-poland-open-warsaw|access-date=4 July 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Poland Open Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2021|access-date=4 July 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

He defeated Arvi Savolainen of Finland in his bronze medal match in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Palmer|first=Dan|date=3 August 2021|title=Trio of world champions add Olympic gold on second night of wrestling finals at Tokyo 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111175/wrestling-tokyo-2020-second-finals-night|access-date=3 August 2021}}

He won one of the bronze medals in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He won the gold medal in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.{{Cite web |title=2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126104236/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX |archive-date=26 November 2023 |access-date=10 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He defeated Li Yiming of China in his gold medal match.

Saravi entered his second Olympic competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won consecutive matches against Joe Rau (American), Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyzstan), Mohamed Gabr (Egyptian), the made it to the finals of the competition. He defeated Artur Aleksanyan 4-1 in the final match of the 97kg and won the gold medal.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} This was the first gold medal of the Iranian team in the 2024 Olympics.[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/502156/Iran-wrestler-Saravi-wins-gold-in-2024-Olympic-Games Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games][https://en.irna.ir/news/85561734/Iran-snatches-first-gold-medal-in-Paris-Olympics Iran snatches first gold medal in Paris Olympics]