Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh ( fa, سید حمید سجادی هزاوه, born 21 March 1969) is the current Minister of Sport and Youths of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, since August 25, 2021. He is also an

ian retired middle distance and long distance runner. He represented Iran at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Sajjadi holds multiple indoor and outdoor national track records for Iran.

Running career

Sajjadi ran the men's 5,000 m race at the 1992 Summer Olympics, although he did not qualify past the preliminaries with a time of 14:04.54 (min:sec). Sajjadi also ran the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 29:22.65. Throughout the 1990s, he was a prolific steeplechaser, specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase in which he finished in first place at the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships.

Academic and administrative career

Sajjadi has a PhD in physiology and is also a lecturer at Azad University. He was at one point nominated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be Iran's sports minister, but he never took up the job. He is currently number two of the Iranian sport organization.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sajjadi, Hamid 1969 births Living people Iranian sportsperson-politicians Iranian male middle-distance runners Iranian male cross country runners Iranian male steeplechase runners Iranian male long-distance runners Olympic male steeplechase runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Iran Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Iran Asian Cross Country Championships winners Academic staff of the Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude politicians Islamic Society of Athletes politicians