Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei

Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei

Personal information
Nationality	Iranian
Born	March 21, 1983 Borujerd, Iran
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	400 metres, 800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 metres: 46.51[1] 800 metres: 1:45.90[2]
Medal record Representing  Iran Men’s athletics Asian Games 2006 Doha 800 m Asian Championships 2011 Kobe 4×400 m relay Asian Indoor Games 2007 Macau 800 m Asian Indoor Championships 2008 Doha 800 m 2004 Tehran 1500 m Universiade 2007 Bangkok 800 m

Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (Persian: احسان مهاجر شجاعی ‎‎, born 21 March 1983 in Borujerd) is an Iranian middle distance track athlete who specialized in the 800 metres. Mohajer Shojaei was a bronze medalist in the 2006 Asian Games and 2011 Asian Athletics Championships, a competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a gold medalist at the 2007 Summer Universiade (his first gold medal in an international competition). He was born only one day off of the birth date of fellow countryman Sajjad Moradi, with whom Shojaei ran numerous 800 metres races in international competition.

Running career

Mohajer Shojaei made his debut on the world stage at the age of 19, when he ran a time of 1:50.08 (min:sec) in the 800 metres race at the 2002 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Thailand.

He won his first gold medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade, running the 800 in 1:46.04, which at the time was his personal best. From this point he gained form for next year's Olympic Games. However, Shojaei did not qualify past the first round in the 800-m race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running a slightly slower (in comparison to his blistering Universiade victory) 1:49.25.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2002	Asian Junior Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	800 m	1:50.08
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	21st (sf)	800 m	1:47.71
	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	6th (h)	800 m	1:48.97[3]
2004	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	5th	800 m	1:49.76
			3rd	1500 m	3:56.06
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	6th	800 m	1:47.96
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	–	800 m	DNF
			–	1500 m	DNF
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.75
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	800 m	1:47.43
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	7th	800 m	1:57.81
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	800 m	1:46.04
	Asian Indoor Games	Macau	2nd	800 m	1:50.22
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	800 m	1:48.68
	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	15th (sf)	800 m	1:49.32
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	50th (h)	800 m	1:49.25
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	9th (h)	800 m	1:50.65
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	6th	800 m	1:49.44
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.58

Notes

1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei".
2. IAAF. "Athlete profile for Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei".
3. Did not finish the final

External links

• Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei profile at IAAF