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Saeid Mollaei

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Saeid Mollaei is the 614th most popular wrestler (up from 626th in 2024), the 517th most popular biography from Iran (up from 540th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Saeid Mollaei ranks 614 out of 1,027. Before him are Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Ilya Mate, Geeta Phogat, Markus Scherer, Heiki Nabi, and Rhea Ripley. After him are Yordanis Arencibia, Shinichi Shinohara, Mark Huizinga, Joseph Atiyeh, Rishod Sobirov, and Indrek Pertelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Saeid Mollaei ranks 329. Before him are Malcolm David Kelley, Jordi Amat, Jasper Stuyven, Robert Aramayo, Ekin Koç, and Karlie Kloss. After him are Mookie Betts, Ryo Miyaichi, Yair Rodríguez, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Pavel Kadeřábek, and Estavana Polman.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Saeid Mollaei ranks 517 out of 631. Before him are Masoud Shojaei (1984), Andranik Teymourian (1983), Abdolmalek Rigi (1979), Rasoul Khadem (1972), Parvin Ardalan (1967), and Laleh (1982). After him are Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (1972), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), Mohammad Reza Golzar (1977), Shahin Najafi (1980), Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987), and Rahman Rezaei (1975).

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Among WRESTLERS In Iran

Among wrestlers born in Iran, Saeid Mollaei ranks 7. Before him are The Iron Sheik (1942), Gholamreza Takhti (1930), Emam-Ali Habibi (1931), Matt Ghaffari (1961), Abbas Jadidi (1969), and Rasoul Khadem (1972). After him are Hassan Yazdani (1994), Askari Mohammadian (1963), Amir Reza Khadem (1970), Alireza Dabir (1977), Alireza Heidari (1976), and Ghasem Rezaei (1985).

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