Kimia Alizadeh

Kimia Alizadeh
Personal information
Native name کیمیا علیزاده زنوزی
Nationality Iranian[1]
Born (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998
Karaj, Iran
Residence Karaj, Iran
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 57 kg (137 lb)
Website Official website
Sport
Country Iran
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Featherweight ( –57 kg)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games – – 1
World Championships –  – 1
World Grand Prix 1 – –
Youth Olympics 1  – –
World Junior Championships 1 – –
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk 57 kg
Lap of Honor of Kimia Alizade during Olympic Games 2016 with the Three Color Flag of Iran

Kimia Alizadeh Zenoozi (Persian: کیمیا علیزاده زنوزي‎‎, born July 10, 1998) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete. Until after the 2016 Olympics, her last name was incorrectly recorded as Zenoorin.[1] Alizadeh won a bronze medal in the taekwondo 57 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by defeating Swedish athlete Nikita Glasnović. This made her the first Iranian woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games.[2] She also won a gold medal in the women's 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.[3][4] She beat London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 gold medallist Jade Jones at the 2015 World Championship.[5]

Biography

Kimia was born on July 10, 1998 in Iranian city of Karaj. Alizadeh's family is Iranian Azerbaijani:[6] her father is from Zonuz near Tabriz and her mother is from Ardabil.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "شفاف سازی نام و اصالت کیمیا علیزاده از زبان پدرشان". kimiaalizadeh website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "روز تاریخی زنان ایران در المپیک؛‌ علیزاده اولین زن مدال‌آور از ایران شد". BBC. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin of Iran after Winning Women's 63-kg Taekwondo". olympic.org.
  4. ↑ "Tasnim News Agency - Kimia Alizadeh to Carry Iran's Flag in Youth Olympic Games". tasnimnews.com.
  5. ↑ "Olympic champion Jones suffers world championship agony". gbtaekwondo.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "در خندوانه کیمیا علیزاده چه گذشت؟". Varzesh3. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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