Saeid Mollaei

Saeid Mollaei (Persian: سعید ملایی; Mongolian: Саид Моллай;Mollai was born on January 26, 1991 in Tehran. In 2001, at the age of 10, he entered the Persian Gulf Judo School by Dr. Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, a judo instructor. is an Iranian-born Mongolian judoka (of Azerbaijani heritage) who is Olympian silver medalist and 2018 world champion.[4] Iranian authorities ordered Mollaei to intentionally lose 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 and Mongol People [5] and to Israel