Mehdi Zamani
Iranian sprinter
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Mehdi Zamani (Persian: مهدی زمانی; born 20 December 1989) is an Iranian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres, who was banned for two years for doping.[1]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Iran | ||
| Asian Indoor Championships | ||
 | 2010 Tehran | 4×400 m |
| 2014 Hangzhou | 400 m |
 | 2016 Doha | 4×400 m |
Career
He 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 after the expiry of his doping ban 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] At the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, he won the individual 400 metres gold medal after setting a personal best of 47.62 seconds to win at the Iranian Championships.[5]
