Saeid Mollaei

Saeid Mollaei
Mollaei at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Born (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992
Tehran, Iran
OccupationJudoka
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country
SportJudo
Weight class–81 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt
Coached byDr. Mehrdad Hasanzadeh
Mohammad Mansouri
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2018)
Asian Champ. (2017, 2018)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Azerbaijan
World Masters
2022 Jerusalem81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2022 Baku81 kg
2022 Budapest81 kg
2023 Antalya81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2022 Zagreb81 kg
2024 Odivelas81 kg
Representing  Mongolia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo81 kg
Asian Championships
2021 Bishkek81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2021 Tel Aviv81 kg
2020 Budapest81 kg
Representing  Iran
World Championships
2018 Baku81 kg
2017 Budapest81 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta81 kg
Asian Championships
2017 Hong Kong81 kg
2015 Kuwait City81 kg
2016 Tashkent81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Düsseldorf81 kg
2017 Baku81 kg
2017 Abu Dhabi81 kg
2018 Ekaterinburg81 kg
2019 Paris81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Hohhot81 kg
2015 Samsun81 kg
2015 Ulaanbaatar81 kg
2017 Tbilisi81 kg
2017 The Hague81 kg
2019 Zagreb81 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2011 Beirut73 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF68901
JudoInside.com81144
Updated on 27 January 2024

Saeid Mollaei (Persian: سعید ملایی; Mongolian: Саид Моллай; Azerbaijani: Səid Mollayi; born January 5, 1992) is an Iranian-born Mongolian half-middleweight judoka. He was born in Tehran to ethnic Azerbaijani parents originally from Khoy. Iranian authorities ordered Mollaei to lose intentionally in the semi-final at the Tokyo 2019 World Championships, so as to avoid a potential match in the finals against Israeli 2019 world champion Sagi Muki. In August 2019, he moved to Europe with a two-year visa from Germany, saying he was afraid to return to Iran after exposing and criticizing its pressure on him to deliberately lose in the World Championships. In December 2019, he became a citizen of Mongolia. He dedicated his 2020 Olympic medal to Mongolia, to the Mongol people, and to Israel. From May 2022 on, Mollaei represents Azerbaijan.