Mehdi Mohsennejad (Persian: مهدی محسننژاد; 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 Mohsennejad profile page". uww.org.
- ^ "World U23 medalists". unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
- ^ "World U23 medalists". unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ^ "2020 Senior Asian Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ "2021 Senior Asian Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ "2022 Senior Asian Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. p. 60. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "60kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
External links
- Mehdi Nejad at the International Wrestling Database
- Mehdi Nejad at the International Wrestling Database
- Mehdi Nejad at Olympics.com
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