{{short description|Iranian sprinter}} {{MedalTableTop|sport= Men's athletics|country_code=IRI|medals= {{Medal|Competition|Asian Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold |2010 Tehran|4×400 m}} {{Medal|Gold |2014 Hangzhou|400 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2016 Doha|4×400 m}} }} thumb|Mehdi Zamani '''Mehdi Zamani''' ({{langx|fa|مهدی زمانی}}; born 20 December 1989) is an Iranian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres, who was banned for two years for doping.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>
==Career== He started out as an 800 metres runner. He placed sixth in that event at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, held in Tehran, and anchored the 4×400 metres relay team to the gold medal (his first international podium finish).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100818073654/http://www.asianathletics.org/AIC2010/home.htm 2010 Asian Indoor Championships Results]. Asian Athletics Association (archived). Retrieved on 2014-02-17.</ref>
He was banned from competition for two years from June 2011 to 2013 after a positive doping test for the banned steroid methandienone.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=763841ee-f441-41ea-befa-961002781226.pdf&urlslug=List Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 11.1.13]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.</ref>
He returned to action in 2013 as a sprint specialist and after the expiry of his doping ban helped break the Iranian record of 39.69 seconds for the 4×100 metres relay, running alongside Reza Ghasemi, Ali Reza Habibi, and Hassan Taftian.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130629233128/http://iaaf.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=141&newsview=2345 رکورد دو 4 در 100 متر امدادی ایران شکسته شد] {{in lang|fa}}. Iranian Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.</ref> At the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, he won the individual 400 metres gold medal after setting a personal best of 47.62 seconds to win at the Iranian Championships.<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=120532&Season=2014&Odd=0 Mehdi Zamani]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.</ref>
==See also== *List of doping cases in athletics
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
{{Footer Asian Indoor Champions men's 400 metres}} {{authority control}}
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