Ali Khadivar gained his first experience in international championships at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 in Baku , where he won the bronze medal over 400 meters behind the Bahraini Ali Khamis Khamis and Winston George from Guyana in 45.92 seconds . He then took part in the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar , reached the semi-finals over 200 meters, in which he was eliminated with 21.28 s and finished seventh in the final over 400 meters in 46.95 s. At the beginning of September he finished fourth over 400 meters at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat with 47.04 s. In 2018 he took part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran , where he finished fifth over 400 meters in 47.57 s and won the bronze medal behind with the Iranian 4 x 400 meter relay with a new national record of 3: 11.74 minutes the teams from Qatar and Kazakhstan. Shortly afterwards he set a new indoor record over 400 meters in Istanbul with 46.95 seconds. At the Asian Games in Jakarta , he could not finish his 400 meter run.
In 2019 Khadivar became Iranian champion in the 200-meter run outdoors and in 2017 indoor champion over 400 meters.
Personal bests
100 meters: 10.38 s (+0.8 m / s), June 25, 2016 in Almaty
60 meters (hall): 6.86 s, January 25, 2017 in Tehran
200 meters: 20.79 s (+0.6 m / s), July 5, 2016 in Almaty
400 meters: 45.64 s, June 11, 2017 in Erzurum ( Iranian record )
400 meters (hall): 46.95 s, February 18, 2018 in Istanbul ( Iranian record )