Hadi Saei Bonehkohal

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Olympic medal record
Men's taekwondo
Gold	2004 Athens	Featherweight 68 kg
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Featherweight 68 kg

Hadi Saei Bonehkohal (born June 10, 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 68 kg (featherweight) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won bronze.

Having previously competed in Lightweight (67-72 kg), he is the 1999 World Champion and 2003 World Championship silver medallist. When his home town of Bam was devastated in the 2003 earthquake, Saei put his medals on auction to raise money for the victims.

He has been World Champion in the Tae Kwon Do World Championships 7 times and was recently awarded the title of 'Best Tae Kwon Do Player of all Time' by the International Board.

He has suffered great personal tragedy, having lost his brother and father in the same year, and the death of his younger brother, who succumbed to cancer the following year.

[edit] Titles

• 1995 World Military Taekwondo Championships SILVER
• 1996 World Military Taekwondo Championships BRONZE
• 1998 World Taekwondo Cup GOLD
• 1999 World Taekwondo Championships GOLD
• 2000 World Taekwondo Cup GOLD
• 2000 Sydney Olympic Games BRONZE
• 2001 World Taekwondo Cup GOLD
• 2002 Asian Taekwondo Championships SILVER
• 2002 World Taekwondo Cup GOLD
• 2002 Busan Asian Games GOLD
• 2003 World Taekwondo Championships SILVER
• 2004 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament GOLD
• 2004 Athens Olympic Games GOLD
• 2005 World Taekwondo Championship (Madrid) GOLD
• 2006 17th Asian Taekwondo Championships (Thailand) GOLD
• 2006 Doha Asian Games BRONZE