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
Bostan Abad, Iran
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Reformists Coalition (2006)
Alma materIslamic Azad University
Sports career
Country Iran
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens68 kg
2008 Beijing80 kg
2000 Sydney68 kg
World Championships
1999 Edmonton72 kg
2005 Madrid72 kg
2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen72 kg
2007 Beijing72 kg
Asian Games
2002 Busan72 kg
2006 Doha72 kg
Asian Championships
2006 Bangkok72 kg
2002 Amman72 kg
West Asian Games
1997 Tehran70 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 (two olympic titles in 2004 and 2008, two world championships titles, four world cup titles and one world olympic qualification tournament). 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.