Kimia Alizadeh

Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (Persian: کیمیا علیزاده زنوزی, romanized: Kīmiyā Alīzādeh Zonūzī; born 10 July 1998) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete, representing IOC Refugee Olympic Team and Bulgaria at the 2024 European Championships. Alizadeh won a bronze medal in the taekwondo 57 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by defeating Swedish athlete Nikita Glasnović. This made her the first Iranian woman to win a medal at a Summer Olympics. 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.

Kimia Alizadeh
Supporting Mahsa Amini protests at 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameKimia Alizadeh Zenozi
NationalityIranian
Born (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998
Karaj, Iran
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Spouse
Hamed Madanchi
(m. 2018)
Sport
CountryIran (until 2020)
Refugee Team (2021–2024)
SportTaekwondo
EventFeatherweight
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Summer Olympics 1
World Championships 1 1
Grand Prix 1
Asian Championships 1
European Championships 1
Team World Cup 1
Youth Olympics 1
World Junior Championships 1
Representing  Iran
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg
World Championships
2017 Muju63 kg
2015 Chelyabinsk57 kg
Grand Prix
2015 Moscow 57 kg
Asian Championships
2018 Ho Chi Minh City 62 kg
Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing 63 kg
World Junior Championships
2014 Taipei 52 kg
Representing Refugee Team
European Championships
2022 Manchester62 kg

In January 2020, Alizadeh announced that she was leaving Iran permanently for Europe. Explaining her defection, she stated, "I am one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran who they have been playing with for years." She stated she did not intend to compete for Iran in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and expressed desire to compete for her current place of residence, Germany. Having been licensed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, she was finally represented by the Refugee Olympic Team.

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