Mehdi Mohsennejad

In November 2018, in Bucharest, defeating Armenian Armen Melikyan, he won a bronze medal at the World Under-23 Championships.^[2] A year later in Budapest at the Under-23 World Championships he again won the bronze medal, this time defeating Krisztian Kecskemeti of Hungary in the fight for third place.^[3]

Mohsennejad won his first medal at a major international competition on 19 February 2020 in New Delhi at the Asian Championships, defeating Kazakhstan's Aidos Sultangali in the 3rd place bout, becoming the bronze medallist.^[4] In April 2021, in Alma-Ata, he faced Aydos Sultangali in the final of the Asian Championships, this time he lost, winning the silver medal.^[5]

On 20 April 2022, in Ulan Bator at the Asian Championships, he reached the final, in which he lost to Zholaman Sharshenbekov from Kyrgyzstan, becoming the silver medallist.^[6]

On 22 September 2023, he lost to Zholoman Sharshenbekov in the semifinals of the World Championship in Belgrade, the next day he lost to Islomzhon Bakhromov of Uzbekistan in the fight for the bronze medal, but in the bout for the Olympic licence he defeated Gevorg Garibyan of Armenia.^[7]

• Mehdi Seifollah Mohsen Nejad at United World Wrestling
• Mehdi Seifollah Mohsen Nejad at the International Wrestling Database
• Mehdi Mohsen Nejad at Olympics.com
• Mehdi Mohsen Nejad at Olympedia
• Mehdi Mohsen Nejad at InterSportStats
• Mehdi Mohsen Nejad on Instagram