medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's judo masoud haji akhondzadeh
 april 29 , 1978
masoud haji akhondzadeh

masoud haji akhondzade -lrb- , born april 29 , 1978 in mashhad -rrb- is an iranian judoka .
he finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight -lrb- 60 kg -rrb- 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 .
