Ehsan Hadadi

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**Ehsan Hadadi**
Full name	Ehsan Hadadi
Date of birth	20 January 1985 (1985-01-20) (age 23)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Specialty	Discus throw
Previous Teams
Height	1.96m
Weight	98kg

Medal record
Competitor for Iran
Men's Athletics
Asian Games
Gold	2006 Doha	Discus throw
Asian Championships
Gold	2005 Incheon	Discus throw
Gold	2007 Amman	Discus throw

Ehsan Hadadi (Persian: احسان حدادی , born 20 January 1985 in Tehran) is an Iranian discus thrower.

The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first male 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.^[1]

His personal best throw is 69.32 metres, achieved in June 3, 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia. This is the current Asian record.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Mark
2004	Asian Junior Championships	Ipoh, Malaysia	1st	62.24 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	62.14 m
2005	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	65.25 m
2006	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	62.60 m
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	63.79 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	65.38 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	64.53 m