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Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (Persian: کیمیا علیزاده زنوزی, romanized: Kīmiyā Alīzādeh Zonūzī; born 10 July 1998) is an Iranian 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 .
Jul 25, 2021 · CNN — An Iranian taekwondo athlete competing for the Refugee Olympic Team made her mark at Tokyo 2020 after she defeated two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Jones. Kimia Alizadeh beat Team Great...
Meet Kimia Alizadeh: The Olympic medallist refugee fighting for equality. The taekwondo player was celebrated in Iran when she won the Youth Olympic Games and bronze at Rio 2016, but fled in 2020 due to 'oppressed' conditions.
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May 30, 2024 · Kimia Alizadeh smiles and stops for selfies. The shy looking teenager in a blue and white striped tracksuit and a black veil is mobbed by well-wishers. Alizadeh raises her Olympics medal to the ...
May 16, 2024 · Kimia Alizadeh made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal back in 2016 and, despite since defecting and all the difficulties involved, the taekwondo...
Jul 25, 2021 · July 25, 2021. In 2016, she became a teenage hero in her home country after becoming the first woman to win an Olympic medal for Iran. On Sunday, Kimia Alizadeh was a defector, part of a refugee...
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Jul 25, 2021 · Last year Kimia Alizadeh fled Iran and now, representing the IOC's refugee team, she has beaten two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones.
