Hadir Lazame

Olympic judoka Iraqi

Born

1 July 1975, Baghdad

Citizenship

Iraq

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Height

190 cm (6 ft 3 in)

Hadir Ali Lazame (Arabic: حيدر علي لازم; born 1 July 1975 in Baghdad) is a retired Iraqi judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He represented Iraq at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has been training throughout his sporting career both in Syria and in Japan as part of the government’s efforts to support the nation's reconstruction process from the war.

Lazame qualified for the men's heavyweight class (+100 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a wild card entry slot from the International Judo Federation. He ousted early in the opening match to Kazakhstan's Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev, who directly scored an ippon and an uchi mata within a short span of nine seconds. Lazame was also appointed as an Iraqi flag bearer by the National Olympic Committee in the opening ceremony.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q16215374 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.