Mohammad Reza Navaei (, 1 December 1948 – 3 August 2020) was an Iranian lightweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1973 World Wrestling Championships and 1974 Asian Games, and competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Coaching career Reza Navaei was the coach of Iran's wrestling team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and an assistant coach at 1992 Summer Olympics, 1990 World Wrestling Championships, 1991, 1993, and 1994. He was also the coach of Indonesia's team at the 1978 World Wrestling Championships. References 1948 births 2020 deaths World Wrestling Championships medalists Olympic wrestlers of Iran Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Iranian male sport wrestlers 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people