Hossein Keyhani
Personal information | |
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Born | Songhor, Kermanshah Province, Iran | 26 April 1990
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400–5000 m, 3000 m steeplechase |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800 m – 1:51.79 (2017) 1500 m – 3:45.33 (2018) 3000 m – 8:07:09 (2017) 5000 m – 13:56 (2019) 3000 mSC – 8:22.79 (2018) [2] |
Hossein Keyhani (Persian: حسین کیهانی; born 26 April 1990 in Songhor, Kermanshah Province) is an Iranian Kurdish[3] runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Iran at the 2017 World Championships but failed to reach the final despite setting a new national record of 8:33.76. Earlier that year he became an Asian Champion in the event. In 2018 he won the steeplechase at the Asian Games, setting new national and Asian Games records. In 2019 he was banned from competing for four years over a positive doping test for stamina-booster EPO.[4]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Iran | |||||
2010 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 6th | 3000 m | 8:53.25 |
2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 7th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:04.23 |
2014 | Asian Indoor Championships | Hangzhou, China | 4th | 1500 m | 3:50.80 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.55 | |||
2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:48.48 |
2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 1500 m | 3:49.53 |
7th | 3000 m | 8:14.99 | |||
Asian Cross Country Championships | Manama, Bahrain | 3rd | |||
2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:43.82 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 24th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:33.76 | |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 3rd | 3000 m | 8:07.09 | |
2018 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 1st | 3000 m | 8:37.68 |
Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:22.79 | |
2019 | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 5000 m | 13:56.86 |
4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:36.44 |
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hossein Keihani. |
- ^ Hossein Keyhani. asiangames2018.id
- ^ Hossein Keyhani at World Athletics
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Asian Games champ Keyhani banned for doping". Associated Press. 21 June 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Iranian male steeplechase runners
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Iran
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Iranian sportspeople in doping cases
- Doping cases in athletics
- Iranian athletics biography stubs