Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh
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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.
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mashhad
- Iranian judoka
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of Iran
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games
- Male judoka
- Asian judo biography stubs
- Iranian martial arts biography stubs