Kaveh Mousavi
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Kaveh Mousavi ( fa, کاوه موسوی, born 27 May 1985 in
Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an al ...
) is an Iranian athlete. He competed for Iran in
hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...
at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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.


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Iranian hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Iran 1985 births Living people People from Urmia Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Iranian male athletes Male hammer throwers Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Iran-athletics-bio-stub