Hamid Sajjadi

Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh (Persian: سید حمید سجادی هزاوه‎, born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian retired middle distance and long distance runner. He represented Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics. Sajjadi holds multiple indoor and outdoor national track records for Iran.

Hamid Sajjadi
Personal information
Full nameSeyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh
NationalityIranian
Born (1969-03-21) March 21, 1969
Tehran, Iran
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 metres: 3:41.66[1]
3000-m steeplechase: 8:33.89[1]
5000 metres: 13:53.40[1]
10,000 metres: 29:22.65[1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok3000 m st.
Asian Championships
1991 Kuala Lumpur 3000 m st.
1993 Manila 3000 m st.
1995 Jakarta 3000 m st.
1998 Fukuoka 3000 m st.
2000 Jakarta 3000 m st.

Running career

Sajjadi ran the men's 5,000 m race at the 1992 Summer Olympics, although he did not qualify past the preliminaries with a time of 14:04.54 (min:sec). Sajjadi also ran the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 29:22.65. Throughout the 1990s, he was a prolific steeplechaser, specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase in which he finished in first place at the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships.[2]

Academic and administrative career

Sajjadi has a PhD in physiology and is also a lecturer at Azad University. He was at one point nominated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be Iran's sports minister, but he never took up the job.[3] He is currently number two of the Iranian sport organization.

References
  1. "Athlete profile: Hamid Sadjadi". IAAF.
  2. "Asian Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  3. "Tehran Bureau: Ahmadinejad Critics Emboldened by Ministerial Resignation, Rejection". PBS. 23 June 2011.
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