Kimia Alizadeh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kimia Alizadeh
Occupation	Taekwondo Athlete
Date Of Birth	Jul 10, 1998(1998-07-10)
Age	26
Birthplace	Karaj
Country	Iran
Horoscope	Cancer

Kimia Alizadeh Biography

Kimia Alizadeh is one of the most popular and richest Taekwondo Athlete who was born on July 10, 1998 in Karaj, Iran. Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (Persian: کیمیا علیزاده زنوزی ‎, romanized: Kīmiyā Alīzādeh Zonūzī; born 10 July 1998) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete. 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 was born in Karaj. Her family are Iranian Azerbaijani. Her father is from Zonuz near Tabriz and her mother is from Ardabil. Until after the 2016 Olympics, her last name was incorrectly recorded as Zenoorin.

She wrote an Instagram post explaining she was defecting because of constraint of women in Iran, calling herself “one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran who [Iran’s rulers] have been playing with for years.” “They took me wherever they wanted. I wore whatever they said. Every sentence they ordered me to say, I repeated. Whenever they saw fit, they exploited me,” she wrote, adding that credit always went to those in charge. She wrote further that she “didn’t want to sit at the table of hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery” any longer, nor remain complicit with the regime’s “corruption and lies.”

She was listed in 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019 by BBC.

Alizadeh at 18 years of age 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. Her victory made her the first Iranian woman to win a medal at a Summer Olympics.

Kimia Alizadeh Net Worth

Kimia Alizadeh is one of the richest Taekwondo Athlete from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kimia Alizadeh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the months prior to her defection a number of top Iranian sports figures had decided to stop representing — or to physically leave — Iran. In September 2019, Saeid Mollaei, who practices judo and was world champion, left Iran for Germany after Iranian officials allegedly pressured him to throw a match to avoid competing against Israelis. Alireza Firouzja, who was Iran’s top-rated chess champion, decided to stop playing for Iran in December 2019 because of Iran’s informal ban on competing against Israeli players. Alireza Faghani, an Iranian international soccer referee, left Iran for Australia in 2019.

She also won a gold medal in the women’s 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics. 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.

Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh, a member of Iran’s parliament, accused “incompetent officials” of allowing Iran’s “human capital to flee”.

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Who is Kimia Alizadeh Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Kimia Ranked on the list of most popular Taekwondo Athlete. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Kimia Alizadeh celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.

What happened Kimia Alizadeh?

In January 2020, Alizadeh announced on Instagram that she no longer wanted to live in Iran and decided to move to Europe. In the post, she said she didn’t want to be a part of “hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery” as “one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran.”

Is Kimia Alizadeh a refugee?

The daughter of a tablecloth maker in Karaj, Iran, Alizadeh achieved something that looked improbable ahed of the tournament. The refugee athlete , who fled the country of her birth, described herself as ‘one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran.

Which country is Kimia Alizadeh from?

Iranian

Who defected from the Olympics?

Ten days that shook the Olympics – the defection of Krystsina Tsimanouskaya | Reuters.

What nationality is the name Alizadeh?

Alizadeh ( Persian : علیزاده) is a surname. It may refer to: Kimia Alizadeh, Iranian Taekwondo athlete.