Mohammad Reza Geraei

Mohammad Reza Geraei
	Geraei at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native name	محمدرضا گرایی‎
Nickname	The Iceman
Nationality	Iran
Born	25 July 1996 (age 27); Shiraz, Iran
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Weight class	67 kg
Coached by	Rahim Givi; Mohammad Bana
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Iran
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Olympic Qualification Tournament
Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
World U23 Championships
Asian Junior Championship

Mohammad Reza Geraei^[1]^[2]^[3] (Persian: محمدرضا گرایی, born 25 July 1996),^[4]^[5] 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 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[4]

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.^[6] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event.^[7]^[8] 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.^[9] 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 older brother Mohammadali Geraei also competes in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Greco-roman record

International Senior GRECO-ROMAN Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2021 World Championships at 67 kg
Win	16-0	Nazir Abdullaev	5-2	October 9, 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	15-0	Ramaz Zoidze	7-6	October 8, 2021
Win	14-0	Hasrat Jafarov	TF 11–0
Win	13-0	Shimoyamada Tsuchika	6-5
2020 Summer Olympics at 67 kg
Win	12-0	Parviz Nasibov	9-1	August 3–4, 2021	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan
Win	11-0	Ramaz Zoidze	6-1
Win	10-0	Frank Stäbler	TF 5-5
Win	9-0	Horta Stiven	9-0
2019 U23 World Championships at 72 kg
Win	8-0	SANAN SOLEYMANOV	TF 7-0	October 28–30, 2019	2019 U23 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	7–0	MAXIM KELASHINKOV	TF 9-3
Win	6-0	Ramaz Zoidze	TF 7-5
Win	5–0	MAGMOD YARBILOV	TF 3-2
Win	4–0	CHENGIZ ARSALAN	TF 9-3
2019 Asian Championships at 72 kg
Win	3-0	Zhang hujun	5–0	24 April 2019	2019 Asian Continental Championships	Xi'an, China
Win	2-0	Demo zhadarev	9–3
Win	1-0	aram vardanian	9–0

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2019	Asian Championships	Xi'an, China	1st	Greco-Roman 72 kg
2019	World U23 Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Greco-Roman 72 kg
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2021	World Wrestling Championships	Oslo, Norway	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2022	World Wrestling Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	Greco-Roman 67 kg