Mehdi Zamani

Mehdi Zamani
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Iran
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
2010 Tehran 4×400 m relay
2014 Hangzhou 400 m

Mehdi Zamani (Persian: مهدی زمانی‎‎; born 20 December 1989) is an Iranian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.[1]

He originally started out as an 800 metres runner. He placed sixth in that event at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, held in Tehran, and anchored the 4×400 metres relay team to the gold medal (his first international podium finish).[2] He was banned from competition for two years from June 2011 to 2013 after a positive doping test for the banned steroid methandienone.[3]

He returned to action in 2013 as a sprint specialist and immediately after the expiry of his doping ban he helped break the Iranian record of 39.69 seconds for the 4×100 metres relay, running alongside Reza Ghasemi, Ali Reza Habibi, and Hassan Taftian.[4] He reached new heights at the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, winning the individual 400 metres gold medal after setting a personal best of 47.62 seconds to win at the Iranian Championships.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mehdi Zamani profile at IAAF
  2. ↑ 2010 Asian Indoor Championships Results. Asian Athletics Association (archived). Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
  3. ↑ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 11.1.13. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
  4. ↑ رکورد دو 4 در 100 متر امدادی ایران شکسته شد (Persian). Iranian Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
  5. ↑ Mehdi Zamani. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.

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