Ehsan Haddadi

Ehsan Haddadi

Ehsan Hadadi at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	January 20, 1985 Tehran, Iran
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	110 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Discus World Championships 2011 Daegu Discus Asian Games 2006 Doha Discus 2010 Guangzhou Discus 2014 Incheon Discus Asian Championships 2005 Incheon Discus 2007 Amman Discus 2009 Guangzhou Discus 2011 Kobe Discus West Asian Games 2005 Doha Discus Continental Cup 2006 Athens Discus 2010 Split Discus
Updated on 12 August 2012.

Ehsan Haddadi (Persian: احسان حدّادی‎‎, born 20 January 1985 in Tehran)^[1] is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.^[2]

The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian Championships in Incheon with a throw of 65.25 metres. In December 2006, he added another gold medal to his record, winning the title at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.^[3] In 2007, he won the Asian Championships in Amman and defended his title.

His personal best throw is 69.32 metres, achieved on June 3, 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia. This is the current Asian record. Because of his good performance over the whole season 2008 he was considered a medal contender entering the 2008 Summer Olympics but he ranked 17th with a 61.34 meters throw and failed to qualify for the final, Haddadi blamed his poor results on his injuries.^[4]

After more than a year's absence due to shoulder surgery, In November 2009, he won his third in a row continental title in Guangzhou.^[5]

After winning 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and 2011 Asian Championship in Kobe, Haddadi made history by becoming the first Iranian athlete to win a medal at IAAF World Championships in Athletics, he won bronze in 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.^[6]

Haddadi competed and won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a 68.18m throw.^[7] Iranian athletes have participated in the Olympic Games since 1948 and before Haddadi's silver medal, had only attained medals in wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo. His achievement was a milestone in Iran's Olympic history in that it ended Iran's 64-year-old medal drought in events other than the aforementioned.

Haddadi offered his silver medal to children with cancer, and travelled to Azerbaijan to gather funds for the 2012 earthquakes' victims.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	8th	54.40 m
2004	Asian Junior Championships	Ipoh, Malaysia	1st	62.24 m*
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	62.14 m*
2005	Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	3rd	58.66 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	65.25 m
	West Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	63.63 m
2006	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	62.60 m
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	63.79 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	65.38 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	64.53 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	17th	61.34 m
2009	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	64.83 m
2010	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	3rd	64.55 m
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	67.99 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	1st	62.27 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	66.08 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	68.18 m
2013	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	1st	66.03 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	65.11 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	24th (q)	60.39 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	24th (q)	60.15 m

* 1.750 kg discus

References

1. "Ehsan Haddadi Biography & Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
2. "Iranian Ehsan eyes historic athletics medal in discus". The Star Online. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
3. "Men's Discus Throw Final". DohaAsianGames.org. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
4. "Olympics: Iran's medal hopeful Haddadi fails to qualify for discus". Retrieved 2010-04-11.
5. "OIranian duo win gold and silver in Asian Athletics Championship". Retrieved 2010-04-11.
6. "Discus thrower Hadadi wins bronze in World Championship". Mehr News. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
7. "Ehsan Hadadi Earned The Silver Medal in Men's Discus". Kabir News. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

External links

• Official Website
• Ehsan Haddadi profile at IAAF
• Ehsan Hadadi wins historical gold for Iran in Grosseto – IAAF, 18 July 2004