Hamid Sajjadi

Hamid Sajjadi

Personal information
Nationality	Iranian
Born	March 21, 1969 Tehran, Iran
Sport
Sport	Track
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 Hamid Sajjadi Medal record Representing  Iran Men's athletics Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 3000 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. 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. Running career Sajjadi ran the men's 5000-m race at the 1992 Summer Olympics, although did not qualify past the prelims running a time of 14:04.54 (min:sec). Sajjadi also ran the men's 10,000-metre at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 29:22.65. Throughout the 1990s up to 2000 he was a prolific steeplechaser, specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He finished in first place in the 3000-metre steeplechase at the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships. Academic and administrative career Sajjadi has PhD in physiology and is also lecturer at Azad University. He was at one point nominated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be Iran's sports minister, but never took up the job.[2] He is currently number two of the Iranian sport organization. References IAAF. "Athlete rofile of Hamid-Hazaveh Sadjadi". PBS - Tehran Bureau: Ahmadinejad Critics Emboldened by Ministerial Resignation, Rejection - 23 June 2011 External links www.sports-reference.com External links Hamid Sajjadi profile at IAAF (Persian) Biography