Mohammad Hadi Saravi Explained

Mohammad Hadi Saravi
Headercolor:turquoise
Native Name:محمدهادی ساروی
Full Name:Mohammadhadi Saravi Darkolaei
Nickname:Volcano
Nationality:Iranian
Birth Date:6 January 1998
Birth Place:Amol, Mazandaran, Iran
Weight:97 kg
Height:183 cm
Website:Official Instagram Profile
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:Iran Mall
Fouladin Zob Amol
Coach:Hassan Hosseinzadeh
Ghasem Rezaei
Mohammad Bana
Hassan Rangraz

Mohammad Hadi Saravi Darkolaei (Persian: محمدهادی ساروی دارکلایی; born 6 January 1998) is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 97kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] In 2020, he won the gold medal in his event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[3] He also won the gold medal in the 97kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[4]

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[5] In the same year, he also competed in the men's 97kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[6] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event.[7] [8] Saravi beating his Hungarian competitor in the Oslo 2021 Greco-Roman World Match in final to win the team's first gold medal.

He won the bronze medal in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9] In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[10] [11]

He defeated Arvi Savolainen of Finland in his bronze medal match in the 97kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] [12]

He won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13] He won the gold medal in the 97kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[14] He defeated Li Yiming of China in his gold medal match.[14]

Saravi entered his second Olympic competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won consecutive matches against Joe Rau (American), Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyzstan), Mohamed Gabr (Egyptian), the made it to the finals of the competition. He defeated Artur Aleksanyan 4-1 in the final match of the 97kg and won the gold medal. This was the first gold medal of the Iranian team in the 2024 Olympics.[15] [16]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2020Individual World CupBelgrade, Serbia3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2022World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
2023World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
Asian GamesHangzhou, China1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2024Asian ChampionshipsBishkek, Kyrgyzstan1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
Summer OlympicsParis, France1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
Under 23
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019World U23 ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
Asian U23 ChampionshipsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia1stGreco-Roman 87 kg
Grand Prix
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019Vehbi Emre & Hamit KaplanIstanbul, Turkey1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2019Grand Prix of V. Balavadze and G. KartoziaTbilis, Georgia1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2021Poland OpenWarsaw, Poland1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2022Poland OpenWarsaw, Poland1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2023Ibrahim MoustafaAlexandria, Egypt1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2023Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek SanatbaevBishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1stGreco-Roman 97 kg
2024Polyák Imre & Varga János MemorialBudapest, Hungary1stGreco-Roman 97 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  2. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  3. Web site: 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200522211016/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/final-book.pdf. 22 May 2020. 22 May 2020.
  4. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/502156/Iran-wrestler-Saravi-wins-gold-in-2024-Olympic-Games Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games
  5. Web site: 2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524110248/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-03/results_03_ulaanbaatar.pdf. 24 May 2020. 24 May 2020.
  6. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  7. News: 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. 21 May 2020.
  8. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf. 28 December 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
  10. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 13 June 2021. Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  11. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
  12. News: Palmer. Dan. 3 August 2021. Trio of world champions add Olympic gold on second night of wrestling finals at Tokyo 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 3 August 2021.
  13. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  14. Web site: 2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231126104236/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX . 26 November 2023 . 10 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  15. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/502156/Iran-wrestler-Saravi-wins-gold-in-2024-Olympic-Games Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games
  16. https://en.irna.ir/news/85561734/Iran-snatches-first-gold-medal-in-Paris-Olympics Iran snatches first gold medal in Paris Olympics