| Hamid Sajjadi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Sajjadi in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Sport and Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 August 2021 – 1 August 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Ebrahim Raisi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Masoud Soltanifar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kioumars Hashemi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh (1969-03-21) 21 March 1969 (age 55) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 metres: 3:41.66 3000-m steeplechase: 8:33.89 5000 metres: 13:53.40 10,000 metres: 29:22.65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh (Persian: سید حمید سجادی هزاوه, born 21 March 1969) was the Minister of Sport and Youths of Iran, from August 25, 2021 to August 1, 2023. He is also 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. On February 23, 2023, his helicopter crashed while visiting Baft county. He survived from accident, but his deputy was killed.
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.
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. He is currently number two of the Iranian sport organization.
References
- ^ "Athlete profile: Hamid Sadjadi". IAAF.
- "Asian Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- "Tehran Bureau: Ahmadinejad Critics Emboldened by Ministerial Resignation, Rejection". PBS. 23 June 2011.
External links
- Hamid Sajjadi at World Athletics
- Hamid Sajjadi at Olympedia
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sayed Hamid Sajjadi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Biography (in Persian)
| Asian Athletics Champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase | |
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Iranian sportsperson-politicians
- Iranian male middle-distance runners
- Iranian male cross country runners
- Iranian male steeplechase runners
- Iranian male long-distance runners
- Olympic male steeplechase runners
- Olympic male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Iran
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Iran
- Asian Cross Country Championships winners
- Academic staff of the Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
- Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude politicians
- Islamic Society of Athletes politicians
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- Sportspeople from Tehran
- Politicians from Tehran