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Sajjad Moradi (Persian: سجاد مرادی , born 30 March 1983) is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. 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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Asian Junior Championships | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | 6th | 800 m | 1:53.21 |
| 2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 7th | 800 m | 1:51.72 |
| Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 11th | 1500 m | 3:50.25 | |
| Asian Junior Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | 800 m | 1:48.30 | |
| 3rd | 1500 m | 3:54.22 | |||
| 2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 4th | 800 m | 1:47.38 |
| 2004 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 2nd | 800 m | 1:48.48 |
| 2nd | 1500 m | 3:56.00 | |||
| World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 21st (h) | 800 m | 1:50.06 | |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 61st (h) | 800 m | 1:49.49 | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 14th (h) | 800 m | 1:45.88 |
| Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 3rd | 800 m | 1:44.74 | |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.75 | |||
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 24th (h) | 800 m | 1:51.67 |
| Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 12th | 1500 m | DNF | |
| 2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 2nd | 800 m | 1:52.22 |
| 2nd | 1500 m | 3:47.01 | |||
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.64 | |||
| Asian Indoor Games | Macau | 1st | 800 m | DNF | |
| 1st | 1500 m | DNF | |||
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 36th (h) | 800 m | 1:46.75 | |
| 21st (sf) | 1500 m | 3:46.21 | |||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 9th (sf) | 800 m | 1:46.08 |
| 2009 | Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | 800 m | 1:48.02 |
| – | 1500 m | DNF | |||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 23rd (h) | 800 m | 1:47.68 | |
| Asian Indoor Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 1st | 800 m | 1:48.48 | |
| Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 1st | 800 m | 1:48.58 | |
| – | 1500 m | DNF | |||
| 2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 1st | 800 m | 1:45.45 |
| 2nd | 1500 m | 3:37.09 | |||
| 2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 2nd | 800 m | 1:46.35 |
| 2nd | 1500 m | 3:43.30 | |||
| Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 11th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.10 | |
| – | 1500 m | DNF | |||
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 14th (sf) | 800 m | 1:46.17 | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 33rd (h) | 800 m | 1:48.23 |
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 8th | 800 m | 1:56.09 |
| 4th | 1500 m | 3:41.60 |