Nationality Iranian Youth Olympics 1 Sport Taekwondo World Junior Championships 1 | World Championships – Name Kimia Alizadeh World Grand Prix 1 Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 10 July 1998 (age 26) ( 1998-07-10 ) Karaj, Iran | ||
18-year-old becomes first Iranian female Olympic medalist
Kimia Alizadeh Zonoozi (Persian: کیمیا علیزاده زنوزی, born July 10, 1998) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete. Until after the 2016 Olympics, her last name was incorrectly recorded as Zenoorin. 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. She also won a gold medal in the women's 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. She beat London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 gold medallist Jade Jones at the 2015 World Championship to win a bronze medal. She also won a silver medal two years later at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.
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- 18 year old becomes first Iranian female Olympic medalist
- The first iranian woman to win olympic medal kimia alizadeh
- Biography
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The first iranian woman to win olympic medal kimia alizadeh
Biography
Kimia was born on July 10, 1998 in Iranian city of Karaj. Her family are Iranian Azerbaijani. Her father is from Zonuz near Tabriz and her mother is from Ardabil.
