Mohsen Kaedi (born 19 April 1987) is a para-

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from

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competing mainly in category F34 throwing events. He has competed at two Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the F33-34 javelin at the 2012 Games in London.

Career history

Kaedi took up throwing events in 2004, whilst still living in Khorramabad. Kaedi, who has

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, was classified as a F35 field athlete allowing him to compete in IPC sanctioned events. He made his senior international debut for Iran at the

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held in

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in the Netherlands. There he entered the F35 discus, finishing fourth with a distance of 41.55m. Two years later Kaedi qualified for his first Summer Paralympics, travelling to China to compete in the 2008 Games at Beijing in the javelin. His best throw in the F35/36 javelin was 42.61m, converted to 975 points, which left him in fifth place. His first major international success came at the inaugural

2010 Asian Para Games The 2010 Asian Para Games (), also known as the First Asian Para Games, was a parallel sport event for Asian athletes with a disability held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, China. Two weeks after the conclusion of the 2010 Asian Games, 1 ...

, where he took silver in the F35/36 javelin. Kaedi's next major tournament was the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

held in London. By now he had been reclassified and was competing in the F34 classification for athletes with a more severe impairment. He entered both the F34 shot put and the F33-34 javelin, winning silver in the shot put and gold in the javelin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaedi, Mohsen Paralympic athletes of Iran Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Living people World record holders in Paralympic athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Iran Paralympic bronze medalists for Iran Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 1987 births People from Khorramabad Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Iranian male javelin throwers Iranian male shot putters 21st-century Iranian people Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games