|
|
 |
| |
|
Home > Olympics > Bronze Medalists > Hadi Saei Bonehkohal
Hadi Saei Bonehkohal
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprise of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Hadi Saei Bonehkohal was born on June 10, 1976 in Tehran, Iran and is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 68 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Having previously competed in Lightweight, 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.
With all his dedication and devotion in his play he achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
Back to Bronze Medalists
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|