Kimia Alizadeh
Iranian taekwondo athlete
基米雅·阿里薩德 · キミア・アリザデ · 키미아 알리자데
- Born
- 10 July 1998, Karaj
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Sport
- taekwondo
- Occupation
- taekwondo athlete
- Height
- 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight
- 69 kg (152 lb)
Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (Persian: کیمیا علیزاده زنوزی, romanized: Kīmiyā Alīzādeh Zonūzī, Bulgarian: Кимия Ализаде, romanized: Kimiya Alizade; born 10 July 1998) is an Iranian-born Bulgarian taekwondo athlete, representing Bulgaria. 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 62-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.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Taekwondo Championships | 2015 | |
| taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's 57 kg | 2016 | 3rd place (bronze) |
| 2017 World Taekwondo Championships | 2017 | |
| taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 57 kg | 2021 | 5th place |
Awards and honours
- BBC 100 Women 2019
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q19949645 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.