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| Born | Nahid Kiani Chandeh 1 August 1998 (1998-08) (age 27) Isfahan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | ناهید کیانی | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nahid Kiani Chandeh (Persian:ناهید کیانی, born 1 August 1998[1] inIsfahan[3]) is an Iraniantaekwondo athlete. She is the first Iranian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics in the2024 Summer Olympics,Taekwondo Women's 57 kg event, also she won the gold medal in thewomen's bantamweight event at the2023 World Taekwondo Championships.[4]
Kiani is fromBakhtiari people and grew up inIsfahan. She started taekwondo when she was eight years old with her sister Mahtab Kiani.[5]
She won bronze medals at the 2016 Asian Championships and 2018 Asian Games.[2] She competed at the2020 Summer Olympics where she was eliminated byKimia Alizadeh.[6]
She competed at the2024 Summer Olympics andwon a silver medal in the57 kg event.[7][8]
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification event in the 57 kg weight category, Nahid Kiani secured a gold medal and an Olympic spot by defeating herJordanian opponent. During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Kiani faced a controversial match against Kimia Alizadeh, a former Iranian taekwondo athlete competing for the Refugee Team. Kiani lost the match and was subsequently eliminated from the competition.[9]
Kiani qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics by ranking among the top five in the Olympic rankings of the World Taekwondo Federation in the women's 57 kg weight category. In her first match at the Olympics, she once againfaced Kimia Alizadeh. Despite losing the first round 10-7, Kiani won the next two rounds with scores of 6-5 and 7-7, advancing to the next stage. Kiani then defeated opponents fromTunisia andLebanon in the quarterfinals and semifinals to reach the final match. In the final, she facedSouth Korea'sKim Yu-jin and earned a silver medal. This achievement made her the third Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal and the highest-ranking female Iranian Olympian with a silver medal.[9]
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