Hossein Saveh Shemshaki (, born 5 August 1985, in Tehran) is an alpine skier from Iran. He competed for Iran at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where his best result was 41st place in the slalom, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
He was chosen as Iran's Flag Bearer for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games.
One of the best performances of Saveh Shemshaki in international competitions was winning a gold medal in the slalom and a silver medal 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. and subsequently suspended from competing, training, coaching or participating in any activity during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 per the ITA.
Winter Olympics and Asian Cups results CompetitionHost cityYearAgeSlalomGiant SlalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedAsian Winter Games Changchun200721911———Winter Olympics Vancouver2010244170———Asian Winter Games Astana & Almaty201125——444Winter Olympics Sochi2014283155———Asian Alpine Championship Yongpyong2015291 2———Asian Winter Games Sapporo201731510———Asian Alpine Championship Darbandsar201832 3——— 3
References
External links Hossein Saveh Shemshaki at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)