Hadi Saei

Medal record Competitor for IranMen’s Taekwondo Olympic GamesGold 2004 Athens 68 kgBronze 2000 Sydney 68 kg World ChampionshipsGold 1999 Edmonton72 kg Gold 2005 Madrid72 kg Silver 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen72 kg Bronze 2007 Beijing72 kg Asian GamesGold 2002 Busan72 kg Bronze 2006 Doha 72 kgAsian Championships Gold 2006 Bangkok 72 kg Silver 2002 Amman 72 kg

Hadi Saei Bonehkohal(Persian: هادی ساعی بونه كُهل , 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.

He has been practicing Tae Kwon Do since he was six years old. Having previously competed in Lightweight (67-72 kg), he is the 1999 World Champion and 2003 World Championship silver medallist. When Iranian 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. Currently, he is a senior at the Iran Physical Education University.

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.