Kaveh Mousavi (, born 27 May 1985 in Urmia) is an Iranian athlete. He competed for Iran in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics.London 2012
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 Representing 2004Asian Junior ChampionshipsIpoh, Malaysia5thHammer throw (6 kg)60.76 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy19th (q)Hammer throw (6 kg)65.23 m2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia15th (q)Hammer throw63.96 mAsian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China5thHammer throw68.15 m2010West Asian ChampionshipsAleppo, Syria2ndHammer throw69.91 mAsian GamesGuangzhou, China2ndHammer throw68.90 m2011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japan4thHammer throw68.88 mUniversiadeShenzhen, China8thHammer throw68.80 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea31st (q)Hammer throw68.01 m2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom22nd (q)Hammer throw72.70 mWest Asian ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates2ndHammer throw70.43 m2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India5thHammer throw71.43 mIslamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia5thHammer throw68.01 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea –Hammer throwNM2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil29th (q)Hammer throw65.03 m
References
External links IAAF profile