Kaveh Mousavi

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Kaveh Mousavi
Personal information
Born (1985-05-27) May 27, 1985 (age 36)
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight120 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Hammer
Updated on 10 July 2016.

Kaveh Mousavi (Persian: کاوه موسوی, born 27 May 1985 in Urmia) is an Iranian athlete. He competed for Iran in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

His has a personal best of 77.40 meters achieved in Belarus on 8 July 2016[2] which is the current Iranian record. The record was thrown three before the end of the Rio Olympics qualification period.[3] The date and the unclear circumstances of the throw have led to questions of the validity of the result and IAAF board member has stated he will investigate the issue.[4][5]

Competition record[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Iran
2004 Asian Junior Championships Ipoh, Malaysia 5th Hammer throw (6 kg) 60.76 m
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 19th (q) Hammer throw (6 kg) 65.23 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 15th (q) Hammer throw 63.96 m
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 5th Hammer throw 68.15 m
2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China 2nd Hammer throw 68.90 m
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 4th Hammer throw 68.88 m
Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th Hammer throw 68.80 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 31st (q) Hammer throw 68.01 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 22nd (q) Hammer throw 72.70 m
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 5th Hammer throw 71.43 m
Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 5th Hammer throw 68.01 m
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea – Hammer throw NM
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 29th (q) Hammer throw 65.03 m

References[]

  1. ^ London 2012 Archived 2013-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "XI открытые Республиканские соревнования" (PDF). Belarus Athletic Federation. 9 July 2016. p. 8. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualification system". IAAF. IAAF. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Questioning the dropout of Tuomas Seppänen "Iranian throwers results suspicious" (article in Finnish)". YLE. Finnish Public Broadcasting Company YLE. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ^ GS. BY (2016-07-14), В Жіровичах метали молот, retrieved 2016-07-20

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