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{{short description|Iranian middle-distance runner}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| sport = [[Track and field#Running|Track]]
| event = [[800 metres]], [[1500 metres]]
| nationality = [[Iran]]ian
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|03|30}}
|birth_place = [[Lordegan]], [[Iran]]
|height = 183cm
|weight = 68kg
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|pb = '''[[800 metres]]''': 1:44.74<ref name="IAAF">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/islamic-republic-of-iran/sajad-moradi-190521|author=IAAF|title=Athlete profile for Sajad Moradi}}</ref> [[List of Iranian records in athletics|'''NR''']]<br> '''[[1500 metres]]''': 3:37.09<ref name="IAAF"/> [[List of Iranian records in athletics|'''NR''']]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IRI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|800 m]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|1500 m]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|2009 Guangzhou]]|800 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]]|800 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|2011 Kobe]]|800 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|2011 Kobe]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships|2005 Incheon]]|800 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Indoor Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Hanoi]] | [[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|800 m]]}} 
{{MedalBronze| [[2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]] | [[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|4×400 m relay]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|2004 Tehran]] | 800 m}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|2004 Tehran]] | 1500 m}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]] | [[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|800 m]]}} 
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'''Sajjad Moradi''' ({{langx|fa|سجاد مرادی}}, born 30 March 1983<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/sadjad-moradi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015022351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/sadjad-moradi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2019|accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref>) is an Iranian [[Middle distance track event|middle distance]] runner who specializes in the [[800 metres|800 m]] and [[1500 metres|1500 m]]. He holds [[List of Iranian records in athletics|multiple national records for Iran from various track disciplines]]. Moradi is a gold-medalist in the [[Asian Games]], [[Asian Athletics Championships]], [[Asian Indoor Games]], and [[Universiade]]. He also competed at three [[Summer Olympic Games]] in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

==Biography==
He was born in [[Lordegan]]. Sajjad is the older brother of [[Amir Moradi]] (born 1990), who is also an elite track athlete specializing in the 800 and 1500 metres.

==Running career==

===2004 Summer Olympics===
Barely 21 years old, Moradi ran [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres#Heats|sixth heat at the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] with a time of 1:49.10, exiting in the first round. In his heat, Moradi lost out to older and more experienced [[Ivan Heshko]] and [[Amine Laâlou]].

===2008 Summer Olympics===
Moradi ran both the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing]] and the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 metres of the same competition]]. For the 800, he narrowly missed qualification for the final 800, running a 1:46.08 just one place behind the last finals qualifier.

===2012 Summer Olympics===
Moradi ran the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|men's 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London]]. He ran fifth heat of the race and ran a time of 1:48.23, qualifying for the next round. In the semifinal, however, he got disqualified for a lane violation.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|2001
|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|[[Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei]]
|6th
|800 m
|1:53.21
|-
|rowspan=4|2002
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Colombo, Sri Lanka]]
|7th
|800 m
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:51.72]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Busan, South Korea]]
|11th
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres|3:50.25]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|800 m
|1:48.30
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|1500 m
|3:54.22
|-
|2003
|[[2003 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Manila, Philippines]]
|4th
|800 m
|[[2003 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:47.38]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2004
|rowspan=2|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tehran, Iran]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|800 m
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#800 meters|1:48.48]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#1500 meters|3:56.00]]
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|21st (h)
|800 m
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:50.06]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|61st (h)
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|1:49.49]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|14th (h)
|800 m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:45.88]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Incheon, South Korea]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|800 m
|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:44.74]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:08.75]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Moscow, Russia]]
|24th (h)
|800 m
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:51.67]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|12th
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=7|2007
|rowspan=3|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Amman, Jordan]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|800 m
|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:52.22]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres|3:47.01]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:08.64]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|Asian Indoor Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Macau]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games#800 m|DNF]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|1500 m
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games#1500 m|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|36th (h)
|800 m
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:46.75]]
|-
|21st (sf)
|1500 m
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|3:46.21]]
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|9th (sf)
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|1:46.08]]
|-
|rowspan=6|2009
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|rowspan=2|[[Belgrade, Serbia]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres|1:48.02]]
|-
| –
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres|DNF]]
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|23rd (h)
|800 m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:47.68]]
|-
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|Asian Indoor Games]]
|[[Hanoi, Vietnam]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games#800 m|1:48.48]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:48.58]]
|-
| –
|1500 m
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2010
|rowspan=3|[[2010 West Asian Athletics Championships|West Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Aleppo, Syria]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|800 m
|1:45.76
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|3:40.31
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|3:07.87
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres|1:45.45]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres|3:37.09]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2011
|rowspan=2|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kobe, Japan]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|800 m
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:46.35]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres|3:43.30]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|rowspan=2|[[Shenzhen, China]]
|11th (h)
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres|1:48.10]]
|-
| –
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres|DNF]]
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|14th (sf)
|800 m
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:46.17]]
|-
|2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
|33rd (h)
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|1:48.23]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2013
|rowspan=2|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pune, India]]
|8th
|800 m
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:56.09]]
|-
|4th
|1500 m
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres|3:41.60]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games|Islamic Solidarity Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Palembang, Indonesia]]
|10th (h)
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games – Results#800 metres|1:50.07]]
|-
|8th
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games – Results#1500 metres|3:45.31]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{sports links}}
*[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/45116 All-Athletics profile for Sadjad Moradi]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Iranian male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Iran]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for Iran]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Iran]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:20th-century Iranian sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Iranian sportsmen]]
[[Category:People from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]