Mohammad Hadi Saravi

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Mohammad Hadi Saravi
Saravi after winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics games
Personal information
Native nameمحمدهادی ساروی
Full nameMohammadhadi Saravi Darkolaei
NicknameVolcano
NationalityIranian
Born (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 26)
Amol, Mazandaran, Iran
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
WebsiteOfficial Instagram Profile
Sport
Country Iran
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubIran Mall
Fouladin Zob Amol
Coached byHassan Hosseinzadeh
Ghasem Rezaei
Mohammad Bana
Hassan Rangraz
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 1 0 2
Asian Championships 2 0 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
World U23 Championships 0 0 1
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Other 10 0 1
Total 16 0 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 97 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 97 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 97 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 97 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 97 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 97 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 New Delhi 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bishkek 97 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 97 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2019 Istanbul 87 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Antalya 97 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tbilisi 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Warsaw 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Alexandria 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bishkek 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest 97 kg
World U23 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 97 kg
Asian U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ulaanbaatar 87 kg
World Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Trnava 87 kg
Asian Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 New Delhi 87 kg

Mohammad Hadi Saravi Darkolaei (Persian: محمدهادی ساروی دارکلایی; born 6 January 1998) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] In 2020, he won the gold medal in his event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[3] He also won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[4]

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[5] In the same year, he also competed in the men's 97 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9] In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[10][11]

He defeated Arvi Savolainen of Finland in his bronze medal match in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2][12]

He won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13] He won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[14] He defeated Li Yiming of China in his gold medal match.[14]

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.[15] This was the first gold medal of the Iranian team in the 2024 Olympics.[16][17]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2020 Individual World Cup Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
Asian Championships New Delhi, India 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
World Championships Oslo, Norway 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2023 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2024 Asian Championships Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
Summer Olympics Paris, France 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
Under 23
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 World U23 Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
Asian U23 Championships Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1st Greco-Roman 87 kg
Grand Prix
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Istanbul, Turkey 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2019 Grand Prix of V. Balavadze and G. Kartozia Tbilis, Georgia 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2021 Poland Open Warsaw, Poland 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2022 Poland Open Warsaw, Poland 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Alexandria, Egypt 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2023 Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2024 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Budapest, Hungary 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg

References

  1. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games
  5. ^ "2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ^ Etchells, Daniel (3 November 2019). "Iran add third Greco-Roman gold medal to tally on last day of UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (13 June 2021). "Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  12. ^ Palmer, Dan (3 August 2021). "Trio of world champions add Olympic gold on second night of wrestling finals at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  13. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  14. ^ a b "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  16. ^ Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games
  17. ^ Iran snatches first gold medal in Paris Olympics
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