Hamed Malekmohammadi

Hamed Malekmohammadi Memar (Persian: حامد ملک محمدی معمار‎; born April 10, 1983) is an Iranian former judoka, who played for both the lightweight and half-middleweight categories.[1] He won the silver medal for the men's 81 kg class at the 2008 Asian Judo Championships in Jeju City, South Korea, losing out to South Korea's Kim Jae-Bum.

Hamed Malekmohammadi
Personal information
Full nameHamed Malekmohammadi Memar
Nationality Iran
Born (1983-04-10) 10 April 1983
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)73 kg, 81 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
2002 Busan 73 kg
Asian Championships
2008 Jeju City 81 kg

In 2001, he refused to compete against Israeli Olympian Yoel Razvozov.[2][3]

Malekmohammadi took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed for the men's 73 kg class. He reached the second preliminary match of the competition, where he lost by an ippon to Moldova's Victor Bivol. Malekmohammadi, however, offered another shot for a bronze medal shot by entering the repechage bouts. He defeated Richard Leon of Venezuela in the first round, before losing out at the last few seconds to Portugal's João Neto.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Malekmohammadi competed for a higher class, men's half-middleweight division. He lost again in the second preliminary match this time, to Brazil's Tiago Camilo, who successfully scored an ippon in the middle of a five-minute period.[4] Unlike his first Olympics, Malekmohammadi did not qualify for the repechage, when his opponent got eliminated in the subsequent match.

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hamed Malekmohammadi Memar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. "Spirit Takes A Fall Iranian Refuses To Face Israeli In Judo," New York Daily News.
  3. "Rio 2016: So werden Israels Sportler bei Olympia diskriminiert," WELT.
  4. "Men's Half-Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.


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