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Kimia Alizadeh was born on 10 July, 1998 in Karaj, Iran, is an Iranian taekwondo athlete. Discover Kimia Alizadeh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 25 years old?
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25 years old |
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Cancer |
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10 July 1998 |
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10 July |
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Karaj, Iran |
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Iran
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She is a member of famous Athlete with the age 25 years old group.
Kimia Alizadeh Height, Weight & Measurements
At 25 years old, Kimia Alizadeh height is 183 cm and Weight 57 kg.
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183 cm |
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57 kg |
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Who Is Kimia Alizadeh's Husband?
Her husband is Hamed Madanchi (m. 2018)
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Hamed Madanchi (m. 2018) |
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Kimia Alizadeh Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kimia Alizadeh worth at the age of 25 years old? Kimia Alizadeh’s income source is mostly from being a successful Athlete. She is from Iran. We have estimated Kimia Alizadeh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Kimia Alizadeh Social Network
Timeline
Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (born 10 July 1998) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete.
She beat London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 gold medallist Jade Jones at the 2015 World Championship to win a bronze medal.
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 gold medal in the women's 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
She also won a gold medal in the women's 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics.
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.
Until after the 2016 Olympics, her last name was incorrectly recorded as Zenoorin.
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.
She also won a silver medal two years later at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.
She also won a silver medal two years later at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.
She was listed in 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019 by BBC.
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.
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.
Her family are Iranian of Azerbaijani origin.
Her father is from Zonuz near Tabriz and her mother is from Ardabil.
During the 2020 Summer Olympics, Alizadeh represented the Refugee Olympic Team, defeating Iranian athlete Nahid Kiani and pulling an upset against number one ranked Jade Jones before losing out on a bronze medal.
On 10 January 2020, Alizadeh announced she was defecting and leaving her birth country, with searing criticism of the regime of Iran.
She did not compete for Iran in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and considered competing for Germany, but ultimately competed on the refugee team.
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."
Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh, a member of Iran's parliament, accused “incompetent officials” of allowing Iran's “human capital to flee”.
In the months prior to her defection a number of top Iranian sports figures had decided to stop representing — or to physically leave — Iran.