HADADI Ehsan

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (60.15)
2012	London, GBR	2nd (68.18)
2008	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (61.34)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	7th (65.16)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (63.03)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (60.39)
2011	Daegu, KOR	3rd (66.08)
2007	Osaka, JPN	7th (64.53)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2018	Indonesia	1st (65.71)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (65.95)
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	1st (64.54)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Discus Throw
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2018	Discus Throw	Oslo, NOR	67.55
3	2019	Discus Throw	Doha, QAT	66.78
3	2018	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	67.68
3	2018	Discus Throw	Rome, ITA	65.93
5	2019	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	65.34
6	2019	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	64.75
6	2018	Discus Throw	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	64.36
8	2018	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	63.48

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2018	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	64.45

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

English, Farsi, Russian

Mac Wilkins [personal], USA

In November 2020 he underwent heel surgery in Germany. While doctors were removing a heel spur, they discovered extra bones in the back of his Achilles and had to cut the tendon in order to operate. He returned to training eight weeks later. (varzesh3.com, 6 Dec 2020; varzesh3.com, 7 Nov 2020; varzesh3.com, 27 Oct 2020)

His performance was hindered by injury at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He underwent three surgeries on his left knee and heel following the Games and was unable to walk for three months. (tasnimnews.com, 12 Aug 2016; sportstarlive.com, 07 Jul 2017)

He has undergone more than five surgeries during his career, including operations on his arm, knee, back, and shoulder. (varzesh3.com, 9 Jun 2020)

He took up discus at age 16. (iaaf.org, 05 Jun 2008)

He took aim at goal in a school handball match and threw the ball with such power it broke the goalpost. His sports teacher told him he had to take part in a throwing sport. "I have always loved throwing ever since I was a child. Even when we went to the Caspian Sea, I threw rocks into the sea." (media.aws.iaaf.org, 26 Sep 2019; thestar.com.my, 27 Jul 2008)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. (tasnimnews.com, 23 Nov 2019; varzesh3.com, 11 Nov 2019)

He trains for part of the year in the United States of America. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 28 Mar 2020; jamaran.news, 9 Feb 2021)

"To me, a competition is like a war." (varzesh3.com, 9 Jun 2020)