Ehsan Haddadi

Ehsan Haddadi

Personal information
Born	(1985-01-20) January 20, 1985 Tehran
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight	110 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Discus World Championships Bronze 2011 Daegu Discus Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha Discus Gold 2010 Guangzhou Discus Gold 2014 Incheon Discus Asian Championships Gold 2005 Incheon Discus Gold 2007 Amman Discus Gold 2009 Guangzhou Discus Gold 2011 Kobe Discus West Asian Games Gold 2005 Doha Discus Continental Cup Silver 2006 Athens Discus Bronze 2010 Split Discus
Updated on 12 August 2012.

Ehsan Haddadi (Persian: احسان حدادی‎, 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, have only attained medals in wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo. His achievement is 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 fund for the 2012 earthquakes' victims.

Achievements

* 1.750 kg discus

References

External links

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