Sajjad Moradi (; born 30 March 1983) is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 m and 1500 m. He holds multiple national records for Iran from various track disciplines. Moradi is a gold-medalist in the Asian Games, Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Indoor Games, and Universiade. He also competed at three Summer Olympic Games in 2004, 2008, and 2012.
Biography He was born in Lordegan. Sajjad is the older brother of Amir Moradi (born 1990), who is also an elite track athlete specializing in the 800 and 1500 metres.
Running career
2004 Summer Olympics Barely 21 years old, Moradi ran sixth heat at the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:49.10, exiting in the first round. In his heat, Moradi lost out to older and more experienced Ivan Heshko and Amine Laâlou.
2008 Summer Olympics Moradi ran both the men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the men's 1500 metres of the same competition. For the 800, he narrowly missed qualification for the final 800, running a 1:46.08 just one place behind the last finals qualifier.
2012 Summer Olympics Moradi ran the men's 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He ran fifth heat of the race and ran a time of 1:48.23, qualifying for the next round. In the semifinal, however, he got disqualified for a lane violation.
Achievements 2001Asian Junior ChampionshipsBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei6th800 m1:53.212002Asian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka7th800 m1:51.72Asian GamesBusan, South Korea11th1500 m3:50.25Asian Junior ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand2nd800 m1:48.303rd1500 m3:54.222003Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines4th800 m1:47.382004Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran2nd800 m1:48.482nd1500 m3:56.00World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary21st (h)800 m1:50.06Olympic GamesAthens, Greece61st (h)800 m1:49.492005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland14th (h)800 m1:45.88Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea3rd800 m1:44.744th4 × 400 m relay3:08.752006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia24th (h)800 m1:51.67Asian GamesDoha, Qatar12th1500 mDNF2007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan2nd800 m1:52.222nd1500 m3:47.014th4 × 400 m relay3:08.64Asian Indoor GamesMacau1st800 mDNF1st1500 mDNFWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan36th (h)800 m1:46.7521st (sf)1500 m3:46.212008Olympic GamesBeijing, China9th (sf)800 m1:46.082009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia1st800 m1:48.02 –1500 mDNFWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rd (h)800 m1:47.68Asian Indoor GamesHanoi, Vietnam1st800 m1:48.48Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China1st800 m1:48.58 –1500 mDNF2010West Asian ChampionshipsAleppo, Syria2nd800 m1:45.762nd1500 m3:40.313rd4 × 400 m relay3:07.87Asian GamesGuangzhou, China1st800 m1:45.452nd1500 m3:37.092011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japan2nd800 m1:46.352nd1500 m3:43.30UniversiadeShenzhen, China11th (h)800 m1:48.10 –1500 mDNFWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th (sf)800 m1:46.172012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom33rd (h)800 m1:48.232013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India8th800 m1:56.094th1500 m3:41.60Islamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia10th (h)800 m1:50.078th1500 m3:45.31
References
External links
All-Athletics profile for Sadjad Moradi