Leila Ebrahimi Mojaveri ( fa, لیلا ابراهیمی مجاوری , born 21 April 1979, 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 Iranian retired middle distance runner. She started running at the age 16 in 2001. She finished tenth in the

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at the

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and won the

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in the

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at the 2007 Asian Championships. She hold Iran's national records in

1500 meters The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

and

3000 meters The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

in outdoor and indoor.

Personal life

After her career as a runner, she opened her own Academy, and is now coaching several of Iran's best female runners. Leila got engaged in 2022.

References

* 1979 births Living people Iranian female middle-distance runners Iranian female steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iran Sportspeople from Tehran Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners {{Iran-athletics-bio-stub