Sajjad Hashemi Ahangari ( fa, سجاد هاشمی آهنگری, born 22 August 1991 in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...

) is an Iranian

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athlete who specialises in the

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. He is a former Iranian record holder in the 400 m and 4×400 m relay. He was a semi-finalist in the event at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and came fifth at the 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships the following year. He returned for the

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and won the 400 m, as well as taking a relay bronze medal and setting a

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national record of 21.09 seconds for fourth place. At the West Asian Championships in Aleppo, Hashemi ran a national junior record of 46.57 seconds to win the 400 m, then (with a team including

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Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi ( fa, سجاد مرادی, born 30 March 1983) is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 m and 1500 m. He holds multiple national records for Iran from various track disciplines. Moradi is a gold-medalist in t ...

and Edward Mangasar) he broke the Iranian record for 4×400 metres relay with a time of 3:07.87 minutes.Sajjad Hashemi
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-21. He was chosen for the 400 m and relay team at the

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, but did not get past the first round in either event. He established himself in the senior ranks in 2011 by taking the 200 m and 400 m Iranian titles. He came fourth in the 400 m at the

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, just behind Yuzo Kanemaru, and anchored the Iranian 4×400 m relay team to the bronze medal. The 2011 Military World Games in July saw Hashemi break the national record in the 400 m with a run of 45.81 seconds, as he defeated Kenya's Mark Mutai to take the gold medal.Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2011-07-24)
Strong showing by Kenya at the World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro

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. Retrieved on 2011-08-19. Hashemi ran the 400 m for Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, Hashemi was part of the Iranian team that won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 m at the Asian Indoor Athletics Champions. In

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, the team, also including Hashemi, won bronze.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashemi, Sajjad Living people 1991 births Sportspeople from Tabriz Iranian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Iran Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iran 21st-century Iranian people