Farzaneh Fasihi

Iranian sprinter (born 1993)

60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
4 × 400 metres relay

Achievements and titlesPersonal best(s)Outdoor

100 m – 11.39 (2023)
200 m – 23.96 (2018)
Indoor

60 m – 7.23 (2023)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Iran
Asian Championships
	2023 Bangkok	100 m
Asian Indoor Championships
	2023 Astana	60 m
	2016 Doha	4 × 400 m
	2018 Tehran	60 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2021 Konya	100 m

Farzaneh Fasihi (Persian: فرزانه فصیحی, also Romanized as "Farzāneh Fasihi", Persian pronunciation: [fæɾzɒːˈne fæsiːˈhiː]; born 1993 in Isfahan) is an Iranian sprinter.^[1]^[2] She represented her country at more than 10 competitions both outdoor and indoor Asian Athletics Championships. Fasihi is the Iranian record holder of the 60 metres indoor with 7.25 seconds.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Sporting career

Farzaneh Fasihi's first international experience was at the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha, where she finished her competition as 5th in 60 m and in 4 x 400 m relay achieving silver medal. In 2017, she participated in the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku and reached over semi-finals in 100 m. In 2018, she participated in Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, where she won the bronze medal in the 60 m with a 7.44 seconds record.

In 2018, Fasihi became Iranian champion in 100 m and indoor champion in the 60 m.

In 2020, Fasihi qualified as the first Iranian woman to compete at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.^{[citation needed]}

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.44 (NR) (summer 2022)^[7]
200 metres – 23.96 (summer 2018)

Indoor

60 metres – 7.25 (NR) (Istanbul, Istanbul Cup, February, 2020)^[8]^[9]^[10]

International competitions

Gold medal: Western Asia Championships, 2012, Dubai, UAE, in 4x400 m
Silver medal: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games, held in 2022, Konya, Turkey, in 100 m: 11.12^[11] NR
Silver medal: Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, 2016, Doha, Qatar, in 4x400 m: 4:06.51^[12]
Silver medal: Western Asia Championships, 2012, Dubai, UAE, in 100 m
Silver medal: Malaysian International Athletics Competition, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 4x400 m^[13]
Silver medal: 21st Fajr International Indoor Athletics Championships, 2013, Tehran, Iran, in 60 m: 7.60
Bronze medal: Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, 2018, Tehran, Iran, in 60 m: 7.44^[14]
Bronze medal: Malaysian International Athletics Competition, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 100 m
Bronze medal: Malaysian International Athletics Competition, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 200 m
Bronze medal: Asian Indoor Championships, 2018, Tehran, Iran, in 60 m: 7.44
5th place: Asian Indoor Championships, 2016, Doha, Qatar, in 60 m

References

^ بیوگرافی فرزانه فصیحی
^ Farzaneh Fasihi at World Athletics
^ آرزوهای سریع‌ترین دختر ایران
^ بغض‌های ملی‌پوش دو و میدانی
^ فرزانه فصیحی: وقتی نمی‌خواهند بانوان اعزام شوند چرا تمرین کنیم؟
^ فرزانه فصیحی، سریع‌ترین دختر ایران
^ Iranian sprinter Fasihi takes silver at Islamic Games (Tehran Times, 11 Aug. 2022)
^ Iranian Female Sprinter Farzaneh Fasihi Sets New Record in Istanbul (ifpnews.com)
^ مسابقات دوومیدانی داخل سالن بانوان قهرمانی کشور/ فصیحی آسیایی شد، دوصدم ثانیه با جهانی فاصله دارد
^ پایان کار دوومیدانی‌کاران ایران در آسیا با ۶ مدال
^ Iranian sprinter Fasihi takes silver at Islamic Games (Tehran Times, 11 Aug. 2022)
^ Farzaneh Fasihi, Elnaz Kompani, Sepideh Tavakkoli, Maryam Tousi
^ F. Fasihi, E. Kompani, S. Tavakkoli, M. Tousi
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