Kaveh Mousavi

Kaveh Mousavi

Personal information
Born	(1985-05-27) May 27, 1985
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	120 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country	Iran
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Medal record Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Hammer
Updated on 10 July 2016

Kaveh Mousavi (Template:Lang-fa, born 27 May 1985 in Urmia) is an Iranian athlete. He competed for Iran in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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

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

External links

• IAAF profile