Hossein Saveh Shemshaki ( fa, حسین ساوه شمشكی, born August 5, 1985, in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

) is an alpine skier from

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 ...

. He, along with his brother,

Pouria Saveh-Shemshaki Pouria Saveh-Shemshaki (born April 30, 1987) is an alpine skier from Iran. He, along with his brother, Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki, competed for Iran at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 60th place in the giant slalom Giant slalom (GS ...

, competed for

Iran at the 2010 Winter Olympics Iran participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Four athletes represented Iran in the 2010 Olympics, three in alpine skiing and one in cross-country skiing. Marjan Kalhor was the first woman to represent Iran ...

. His best result in the Winter Olympic Games is 41st place in the

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

. He was chosen as Iran's Flag Bearer for the

2014 Sochi Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

and 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games. One of the best performances of Saveh Shemshaki in international competitions was winning a gold medal in the slalom and a silver medal in the giant slalom at the

2015 Asian Alpine Ski Championships The 2015 Asian Alpine Ski Championships were the 24th Asian Alpine Ski Championships (1st senior competition) and took place from March 3–4, 2015, in Yongpyong Resort, South Korea. Medal summary Men Women Medal table References External ...

. In February 2022, Saveh Shemshaki became the first athlete to provide a positive test for doping at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

. and subsequently suspended from competing, training, coaching or participating in any activity during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 per the ITA.

Winter Olympics and Asian Cups results

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on Instagram * 1985 births Living people Iranian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Iran Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Alpine skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Alpine skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Iranian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in alpine skiing Sportspeople from Tehran {{Iran-alpine-skiing-bio-stub