Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (, born 21 March 1983) is an Iranian middle distance track athlete who specialized in the 800 metres. Mohajer Shojaei was a bronze medalist in the 2006 Asian Games and 2011 Asian Athletics Championships, a competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a gold medalist at the 2007 Summer Universiade (his first gold medal in an international competition). He was born only one day off of the birth date of fellow countryman Sajjad Moradi, with whom Shojaei ran numerous 800 metres races in international competition.
Running career Mohajer Shojaei made his debut on the world stage at the age of 19, when he ran a time of 1:50.08 (min:sec) in the 800 metres race at the 2002 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Thailand.
He won his first gold medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade, running the 800 in 1:46.04, which at the time was his personal best. From this point he gained form for next year's Olympic Games. However, Shojaei did not qualify past the first round in the 800-m race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running a slightly slower (in comparison to his blistering Universiade victory) 1:49.25.
Competition record 2002Asian Junior ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand5th800 m1:50.082003World ChampionshipsParis, France21st (sf)800 m1:47.71Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines6th (h)800 m1:48.97Did not finish the final2004Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran5th800 m1:49.763rd1500 m3:56.062005Universiadeİzmir, Turkey6th800 m 1:47.96 –4 × 400 m relayDNFAsian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea –800 mDNF –1500 mDNF4th4 × 400 m relay3:08.752006Asian GamesDoha, Qatar3rd800 m1:47.432007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan7th800 m1:57.81UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand1st800 m1:46.04Asian Indoor GamesMacau2nd800 m1:50.222008Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd800 m1:48.68World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain15th (sf)800 m1:49.32Olympic GamesBeijing, China50th (h)800 m1:49.252009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia9th (h)800 m1:50.652011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japan6th800 m1:49.443rd4 × 400 m relay3:08.58
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