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Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki

Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki

Iranian alpine skier

Hossein Saveh Shemshaki (Persian: حسین ساوه شمشكی, born August 5, 1985, in Tehran) is an alpine skier from Iran. He, along with his brother, Pouria Saveh-Shemshaki, competed for Iran at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] His best result in the Winter Olympic Games is 41st place in the slalom.[2]

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He was chosen as Iran's Flag Bearer for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics[3][4] and 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games.[5]

One of the best performances of Saveh Shemshaki in international competitions was winning a gold medal[6] in the slalom and a silver medal[7] in the giant slalom at the 2015 Asian Alpine Ski Championships.

In February 2022, Saveh Shemshaki became the first athlete to provide a positive test for doping at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[8] and subsequently suspended from competing, training, coaching or participating in any activity during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022[9] per the ITA.

Winter Olympics and Asian Cups results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Men's Slalom results". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Iran names Saveh Shemshaki as flag bearer for Sochi Olympics". 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Yahoo Maktoob Sports". Yahoo Feb 2014. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. [5]
    "افتتاح رسمی هشتمین دوره بازیهای آسیایی زمستانی | www.SkiFed.ir". www.skifed.ir. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Iran's Saveh Shemshaki Claims Gold in Asian Alpine Ski Championship". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Iranian Skier Wins Silver at Asian Alpine Contest". Financial Tribune. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Winter Olympics: Iranian first to test positive for doping in Beijing". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Iranian Alpine Skier Suspended After Positive Doping Test". NBC Los Angeles. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.


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