Hadi Saei

Hadi Saei
Saei in 2024
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 2007 – 22 August 2017
Personal details
Born
Hadi Saei Bonehkohal

(1976-06-10) June 10, 1976 (age 48)
Bostan Abad, Iran
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Reformists Coalition (2006)
Alma materIslamic Azad University
Sports career
Country Iran
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 68 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Edmonton 72 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Madrid 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Beijing 72 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 72 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bangkok 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Amman 72 kg
West Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Tehran 70 kg

Hadi Saei (Persian: هادی ساعی, born June 10, 1976) is an Iranian councilor and former taekwondo athlete who became the most successful Iranian athlete in Olympic history and the most titled champion in this sport by winning 9 world class titles (three olympic titles in 2000, 2004 and 2008, two world championships titles, four world cup titles and one world olympic qualification tournament).[1][2] Earlier in his career and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Saei had won the Bronze medal. He was elected as member of City Council of Tehran in 2006 local elections and was reelected in 2013 but lost the 2017 election. He is one of the three most medal winners olympians in the sport of Taekwondo.[3]

  1. ^ "Saei Bonehkohal, Hadi".
  2. ^ "18th ATU Championships -Zheng Zhou, China - April 26–28". Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  3. ^ Autopica (2016). "Top 3 Medalists in Taekwondo Sport in men's competitions". Autopica.[permanent dead link]