Mehdi Mohsennejad
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| Native name | مهدی سیف الله محسن نژاد | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mehdi Seifollah Mohsen Nejad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1998 Behbahan, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 60 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mehdi Seifollah Mohsen Nejad (Persian: مهدی سیف الله محسن نژاد; born 9 December 1998) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 60 kg division.[1]
Career
In November 2018, in Bucharest, defeating Armenian Armen Melikyan, he won a bronze medal at the World Under-23 Championships.[2] A year later in Budapest at the Under-23 World Championships he again won the bronze medal, this time defeating Krisztian Kecskemeti of Hungary in the fight for third place.[3]
Mohsennejad won his first medal at a major international competition on 19 February 2020 in New Delhi at the Asian Championships, defeating Kazakhstan's Aidos Sultangali in the 3rd place bout, becoming the bronze medallist.[4] In April 2021, in Alma-Ata, he faced Aydos Sultangali in the final of the Asian Championships, this time he lost, winning the silver medal.[5]
On 20 April 2022, in Ulan Bator at the Asian Championships, he reached the final, in which he lost to Zholaman Sharshenbekov from Kyrgyzstan, becoming the silver medallist.[6]
On 22 September 2023, he lost to Zholoman Sharshenbekov in the semifinals of the World Championship in Belgrade, the next day he lost to Islomzhon Bakhromov of Uzbekistan in the fight for the bronze medal, but in the bout for the Olympic licence he defeated Gevorg Garibyan of Armenia.[7]
References
- ^ "Mehdi Seifollah MOHSEN NEJAD". uww.org. United World Wrestling.
- ^ "Senior U23 World Championships (November 12 - 18, 2018 Romania • Bucharest)". uww.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "U23 Senior World Championships (October 28 - November 03, 2019 Hungary • Budapest)". uww.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "2020 Senior Asian Championships Results Book" (PDF). uww.org. United World Wrestling. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "2021 Senior Asian Championships Results Book" (PDF). uww.org. United World Wrestling. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "2022 Senior Asian Championships Results Book" (PDF). uww.org. United World Wrestling. p. 60. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "60kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
External links
- Mehdi Seifollah Mohsen Nejad at United World Wrestling
- Mehdi Seifollah Mohsen Nejad at the International Wrestling Database
- Mehdi Mohsen Nejad at Olympics.com
- Mehdi Mohsen Nejad at Olympedia
- Mehdi Mohsen Nejad at InterSportStats
- Mehdi Mohsen Nejad on Instagram
