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Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh

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Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh
Personal information
BornApril 29, 1978
Medal record
Men’s Judo
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 60 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Ulaanbaatar 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kuwait City 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Jeju City 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Wenzhou 60 kg

Masoud Haji Akhondzade (Persian: مسعود حاجی آخوندزاده, born April 29, 1978 in Mashhad) is an Iranian judoka.

He finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight (60 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, having lost the bronze medal match to Choi Min-Ho of South Korea.

He is the first Asian Games gold medalist from Iran in Judo. he won this gold medal in 2002 Busan Asian Games by defeating Bazarbek Donbay of Kazakhstan.