Mohammad Reza Geraei

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Mohammad Reza Geraei
File:Asian Games jakarta mohammadreza geraei wrestling.jpg
Geraei at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native name محمدرضا گرایی‎
Nickname(s) The Iceman
Nationality  Iran
Born (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 27)
Shiraz, Iran
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
Weight class 67 kg[1]
Coached by Mohammad Bana (national)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 67 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 67 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 72 kg
Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Almaty 72 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 72 kg

Mohammad Reza Geraei[1][2][3] (Persian: محمدرضا گرایی‎‎, born 25 July 1996),[4][5] is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[4]

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[6] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event.[7][8] In the final, he defeated Sanan Suleymanov of Azerbaijan. In the same year, he also won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[9] At the 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg. He qualified for the Tokyo Olympics by winning the semi-finals.

World U23 Championship 2019

In the weight category of 72 kg, Mohammad Reza Garai passed the barrier of last year's champion Genghis Arsalan 10: 3 in the first round with a result of 10: 3. At this stage, Garai defeated Ramaz Zweidze, the silver medalist of the world under-23s from Georgia, with a result of 7: 5 and a technical blow, and reached the semi-finals. In this match, he defeated Maksim Yutoshenko from Ukraine with a result of 6 to 2 and advanced to the final match. In the final match, he defeated Suleimanov of Azerbaijan with a score of 7: 0 and won the gold medal.

Asian Championship 2019

In the 72 kg weight category, Mohammad Reza Garai, after a break in the first round, won the second round with a score of 8: 0 against Aram Wardanian, an Asian bronze medalist from Uzbekistan, and reached the semi-finals. At this stage, he crossed the barrier of world silver medalist Dimio Jadryev from Kazakhstan with a result of 9: 3 and reached the final match. In the final, Garai defeated Hugh Joon Zhang of China 5-0 in the final to win the gold medal.

Asian Games 2018

In the first round, Mohammad Reza Garai defeated Abdul Karim al-Hassan Suri in the first round, and in the second round, he defeated Olympic and world bronze medalist Al-Murat Tasmuradov of Uzbekistan to advance to the semifinals. In this match, he competed against the Kazakh Almaty Kabispayev, the silver and bronze medalist of the world, who was defeated by a technical blow at the very beginning of the wrestling and failed to reach the final. In the 67 kg weight class, Garai competed against Taiwan's Hong Ying-hova, defeating his opponent 11-0 in less than a minute to win the bronze medal.

Personal life

His older brother Mohammadali Geraei also competes in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Greco-roman record

International Senior GRECO-ROMAN Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2021 World Championships 1st at 67 kg
Win 16-0 Russia Nazir Abdullaev 5-2 October 9, 2021 2021 World Championships Norway Oslo, Norway
Win 15-0 Georgia (country) Ramaz Zoidze 7-6 October 8, 2021
Win 14-0 Azerbaijan Hasrat Jafarov TF 11–0
Win 13-0 Japan Shimoyamada Tsuchika 6-5
2020 Summer Olympics 1st at 67 kg
Win 12-0 Ukraine Parviz Nasibov 9-1 August 3-4, 2021 2020 Summer Olympics

Japan Tokyo, Japan
Win 11-0 Georgia (country) Ramaz Zoidze 6-1
Win 10-0 Germany Frank Stäbler TF 5-5
Win 9-0 Colombia Horta Stiven 9-0
2019 U23 World Championships 1st at 72 kg
Win 8-0 Azerbaijan SANAN SOLEYMANOV TF 7-0 October 28–30, 2019 2019 U23 World Championships

Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Win 7–0 Ukraine MAXIM KELASHINKOV TF 9-3
Win 6-0 Georgia (country) Ramaz Zoidze TF 7-5
Win 5–0 Russia MAGMOD YARBILOV TF 3-2
Win 4–0 Turkey CHENGIZ ARSALAN TF 9-3
2019 Asian Championships 1st at 72 kg
Win 3-0 China Zhang hujun 5–0 24 April 2019 2019 Asian Continental Championships China Xi'an, China
Win 2-0 Kazakhstan Demo zhadarev 9–3
Win 1-0 Uzbekistan aram vardanian 9–0
File:Frank Stäbler, Mohammad Reza Geraei and Parviz Nasibov with their Olympic medals at Tokyo 2020.jpg
Geraei in Olympic 2020 medal ceremony
File:World champion Mohammadreza geraei.jpg
Mohammadreza geraei World champion Norway

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2018 Asian Games Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg
2019 Asian Championships China Xi'an, China 1st Greco-Roman 72 kg
World U23 Wrestling Championships HungaryBudapest, Hungary 1st Greco-Roman 72 kg
2021 Summer Olympics Japan Tokyo, Japan 1st Greco-Roman 67 kg
World Wrestling Championships Norway Oslo, Norway 1st Greco-Roman 67 kg
2022 World Wrestling Championships Serbia Belgrade, Serbia 2nd Greco-Roman 67 kg

References

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