Kimiya Alizade
Martial Artist
Iranian taekwondo martial artist who earned a bronze medal as a 57kg competitor at the 2016 Olympic Games. She subsequently made history as the first Iranian woman to earn an Olympic Games medal.
She rose to massive renown as a youth taekwondo competitor for winning the gold at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
She earned a bronze medal at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. She later won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships.
She is of Iranian Azerbaijani descent.
She defeated Jade Jones en route to winning the 2015 World Championship bronze medal.