Kaveh Mousavi

{{short description|Iranian hammer thrower}}

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| sport =Athletics

| event =Hammer throw

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2010 Guangzhou|Hammer}}

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Kaveh Mousavi ({{langx|fa|کاوه موسوی}}, born 27 May 1985 in Urmia) is an Iranian athlete. He competed for Iran in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mousavi-kaveh-1077412/ London 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601153301/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mousavi-kaveh-1077412/ |date=2013-06-01 }}

His has a personal best of 77.40 meters achieved in Belarus on 8 July 2016{{cite web|url=http://bfla.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/turnir-tichona-2016.pdf|title=XI открытые Республиканские соревнования|publisher=Belarus Athletic Federation|date=9 July 2016|accessdate=9 July 2016|p=8|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815200454/http://bfla.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/turnir-tichona-2016.pdf|url-status=dead}} which is the current Iranian record. The record was thrown three before the end of the Rio Olympics qualification period.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/responsive/download/downloadresultinfo?filename=c719dece-4030-4108-9479-41a034461c60.pdf&urlslug=Rio%202016%20Olympic%20Games%20qualification%20system|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualification system|last=|first=|date=|website=IAAF|publisher=IAAF|access-date=20 July 2016}} The date and the unclear circumstances of the throw have led to questions of the validity of the result and IAAF board member Antti Pihlakoski has stated he will investigate the issue.{{Cite web|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/3-9036204|title=Questioning the dropout of Tuomas Seppänen "Iranian throwers results suspicious" (article in Finnish)|last=|first=|date=19 July 2016|website=YLE|publisher=Finnish Public Broadcasting Company YLE|access-date=20 July 2016}}{{Citation|last=GS. BY|title=В Жіровичах метали молот|date=2016-07-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-JeXZQsGM|accessdate=2016-07-20}}