Sajjad Moradi

{{short description|Iranian middle-distance runner}}

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| event = 800 metres, 1500 metres

| nationality = Iranian

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|03|30}}

|birth_place = Lordegan, Iran

|height = 183cm

|weight = 68kg

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|pb = 800 metres: 1:44.74{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/islamic-republic-of-iran/sajad-moradi-190521|author=IAAF|title=Athlete profile for Sajad Moradi}} NR
1500 metres: 3:37.09 NR

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2010 Guangzhou | 800 m}}

{{MedalSilver| 2010 Guangzhou | 1500 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Guangzhou|800 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Amman|800 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Amman|1500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Kobe|800 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Kobe|1500 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Incheon|800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2009 Hanoi | 800 m}}

{{MedalBronze| 2007 Macau | 4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2004 Tehran | 800 m}}

{{MedalSilver| 2004 Tehran | 1500 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalGold| 2009 Belgrade | 800 m}}

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Sajjad Moradi ({{langx|fa|سجاد مرادی}}, born 30 March 1983{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/sadjad-moradi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015022351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/sadjad-moradi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2019|accessdate=15 May 2012}}) 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.

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

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2001

|Asian Junior Championships

|Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

|6th

|800 m

|1:53.21

rowspan=4|2002

|Asian Championships

|Colombo, Sri Lanka

|7th

|800 m

|1:51.72

Asian Games

|Busan, South Korea

|11th

|1500 m

|3:50.25

rowspan=2|Asian Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Bangkok, Thailand

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:48.30

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|3:54.22

2003

|Asian Championships

|Manila, Philippines

|4th

|800 m

|1:47.38

rowspan=4|2004

|rowspan=2|Asian Indoor Championships

|rowspan=2|Tehran, Iran

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:48.48

bgcolor=silver|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

rowspan=3|2005

|World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|14th (h)

|800 m

|1:45.88

rowspan=2|Asian Championships

|rowspan=2|Incheon, South Korea

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|1:44.74

4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:08.75

rowspan=2|2006

|World Indoor Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|24th (h)

|800 m

|1:51.67

Asian Games

|Doha, Qatar

|12th

|1500 m

|DNF

rowspan=7|2007

|rowspan=3|Asian Championships

|rowspan=3|Amman, Jordan

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:52.22

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:47.01

4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:08.64

rowspan=2|Asian Indoor Games

|rowspan=2|Macau

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|DNF

bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|DNF

rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|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

rowspan=6|2009

|rowspan=2|Universiade

|rowspan=2|Belgrade, Serbia

|bgcolor=gold|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

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:48.48

rowspan=2|Asian Championships

|rowspan=2|Guangzhou, China

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:48.58

|1500 m

|DNF

rowspan=5|2010

|rowspan=3|West Asian Championships

|rowspan=3|Aleppo, Syria

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:45.76

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:40.31

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:07.87

rowspan=2|Asian Games

|rowspan=2|Guangzhou, China

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:45.45

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:37.09

rowspan=5|2011

|rowspan=2|Asian Championships

|rowspan=2|Kobe, Japan

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:46.35

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:43.30

rowspan=2|Universiade

|rowspan=2|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

rowspan=4|2013

|rowspan=2|Asian Championships

|rowspan=2|Pune, India

|8th

|800 m

|1:56.09

4th

|1500 m

|3:41.60

rowspan=2|Islamic Solidarity Games

|rowspan=2|Palembang, Indonesia

|10th (h)

|800 m

|1:50.07

8th

|1500 m

|3:45.31

References

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