Mohammad Reza Geraei

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Mohammad Reza Geraei
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Geraei at 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native nameمحمدرضا گرایی‎
Full nameMohammad Reza Geraei
Nickname(s)The Iceman
Nationality Iran
Born (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 25)
Shiraz, Iran
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
WebsiteOfficial Instagram Profile
Sport
Country Iran
SportWrestling
Weight class67 kg
Event(s)Greco-Roman
Coached byMohammad 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
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 67 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 72 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 72 kg
Asian U23 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ulaanbaatar 77 kg

Mohammad Reza Geraei (Persian: محمدرضا گرایی, born 25 July 1996)[1] 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 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]

Career[]

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[2] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event.[3][4] 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.[5] 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 brother Mohammadali Geraei also competes in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Major results[]

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2018 Asian Games Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg
2019 Asian Championships China Xi'an, China 1st
2021 Summer Olympics Japan Tokyo, Japan 1st Greco-Roman 67 kg
2021 World Wrestling Championships Norway Oslo, Norway 1st Greco-Roman 67 kg

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (3 November 2019). "Iran add third Greco-Roman gold medal to tally on last day of UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

New nickname for Mohammad Reza Geraei (Iceman) December 8, 2021.

'21 Breakthrough Performances of the Year: Geraei, Zare and Focken December 7, 2021

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