Sajjad Ganjzadeh, born on 4 January 1992 in Tehran, is an Iranian karateka who competes in the heavyweight kumite division above 84 kg. He won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Iranian karateka to win an Olympic gold medal, after his opponent Tareg Hamedi of Saudi Arabia was disqualified for an illegal kick that knocked him out. He was also world champion in 2014 and 2016, Asian champion in 2013 and 2017 and a gold medalist at the 2018 Asian Games, and he has won several awards in the Karate1 Premier League. In 2023 he took a bronze medal at the Asian Karate Championships in Malacca, and at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou he won the men's kumite above 84 kg gold medal.
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born 4 January 1992 in Tehran) is an Iranian karateka
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he won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2014 and 2016 world championships, 2013 and 2017 Asian championships, and 2018 Asian Games.
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he won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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He won the gold medal in the men's kumite +84 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.
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