Mahdi Pirjahan (; born 23 September 1999 in Tabriz) is an Iranian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals.
His personal best in the event is 49.33 seconds set in Lucknow, India, in 2019, which is the current Iranian national record. He repeated the same record in 2021 Summer World University Games held on 3 August 2023 in Chengdu, China.
Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games Pirjahan became the fourth Iranian athlete to win a quota place in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was supposed to participate at the Men's 400m hurdles but has tested positive for the coronavirus.
International competitions Representing 2018Asian Junior ChampionshipsGifu, Japan3rd400 m hurdles51.18World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland7th400 m hurdles51.152019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6th400 m hurdles50.18World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar25th (h)400 m hurdles50.46Military World GamesWuhan, China1st400 m hurdles49.612022Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey4th400 m hurdles49.352023Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand5th400 m hurdles49.55World University GamesChengdu, China6th400 m hurdles49.53Asian GamesHangzhou, China14th (h)400 m hurdles50.952025Asian ChampionshipsGumi, South Korea5th400 m hurdles50.51
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